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OUR LIBERTY BOYS 

OF 17 

CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA 



Copyright 1918 
by 

C. EDWARD PRESHO 



C. EDWARD PRESHO COMPANY 

Publishers 

CHARLEROI — PITTSBURGH 



Press of James McMillin Printing Company 



AUG -5 1918 

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(e) Committee on Public Information. 

WOODROW WILSON 



For Freedom's battle once begun, 
Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son, 
Though baffled oft, is ever won. — Byron. 




The American's Creed 



I BELIEVE in the United States of America 
as a Government of the people, by the 
people, for the people, whose just powers 
are derived from the consent of the governed ; 
a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation 
of many sovereign States; a perfect Union, 
one and inseparable, established upon those 
principles of freedom, equality, justice, and 
humanity for which American patriots sacri- 
ficed their lives and fortunes. I therefore be- 
lieve it is my duty to my country to love it ; to 
support its Constitution; to obey its laws; to 
respect its flag, and to defend it against all 
enemies. 




CONTENTS 



Title. page 

The American's Creed , 4 

Contents 5 

Illustrations 6 

The Kaiser vs. Wilson 8 

Organization of Third Liberty Loan Committee of Charleroi, Pa 9 

The President's Address of Feb. 3, 1917 , 13 

National Guard Concentration Camps 17 

Ninth Street School Honor Roll 18 

National Army Cantonment Camps 19 

Aero Training Stations 21 

Increment Camps 22 

President's Address Feb. 26, 1917 24 

Honor Roll, M. E. Sunday School . . . 30 

War Terms and Savings 31 

President's Address April 2, 1917. 33 

Honor Roll, Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church 46 

Honor Roll, Hussey-Binns Steel Co ... : 777' 47 

President's Appeal of April 16, 1917 49 

Honor Roll, B. P. O. Elks 54 

Reserve Officers' Training Camps 55 

Posts and Stations of the Army 57 

Naval Stations and Marine Barricks : 63 

Honor Roll, Knights of Columbus. . 65 

Honor Roll, Imperial Glass Co 67 

Honor Roll, Order of Moose 68 

Honor Roll, A. F. & A. M 69 

Honor Roll, McKean Commandery, No. 80 K. T 71 

Honor Roll, Charleroi High School 72 

Honor Roll, Patriotic Sons of America .73 

Honor Roll, Macbeth Evans Glass Co 75 

Honor Roll, Pittsburgh Glass Co 76 

Honor Roll, First Presbyterian Church 77 

Honor Roll, Fraternal Order of Eagles . 79 

Honor Roll, Christ Lutheran Church 80 

Honor Roll, Knights of Malta 81 

President's Address, Jan. 8, 1918 83 

Honor Roll, Viking Club 88 

Honor Roll, Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity 90 

Honor Roll, First Christian Church 91 

Four Minute Men 92 

"For Justice and Right" 94 

Outclassed ■. .'. 95 

Honor Roll, St . Jerome's Church 96 

% Pledge of Loyalty ■ 98 

When You and I Go Over, Pal .99 

American Red Cross 100 

Only A Volunteer 101 

Honor Roll, Fifth Street School 102 

Liberty Loan Four Minute Speech Contest 105 

Charleroi Bovs Who Have Answered Their Country's Call in the Great 

World War Ill 

The President's Mt. Vernon Address. . . 115 

Charleroi "Over the Top" and Charleroi's War Chest 118 



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ILLUSTRATIONS 

Frontispiece — Woodrow Wilson 3 

Marshall Joffre and Gen. John J. Pershing 7 

First Draft Group ••: 16 

Second Draft Group 20 

Group — Robertson, Bertram, Gechie, Carson, Wagner and Carroll 23 

Mathias, Deiters, Gates, Crumrine and Hott 25 

Roley, Malcolm, Might and Jones 27 

Marines at Vera Cruz 29 

U. S. Marines at Artillery practice 32 

On the British Western Front 32 

Hugus, Vetter, Roberts, Welch and Deiters 34 

Irwin, Ruecroft, Fiedler, Moore and Eneix 36 

U. S. Marines in Egypt and Somewhere in Mexico , . .38 

Spence, Jack, Lutes and Wilkins 40 

Hess, Frozia, Spence, Michener and Geho 42 

U. S. Marines in China and in Cuba 45 

Alterici, Clerihue, James Wagner, Smith and Stalhman 48 

Jobes, Gautt, Calvert and Hersche. 50 

Elmer and Tohomas Tmlinson 53 

Hott, Geekie, Grey, Wagner and Osborne 56 

Osborne, Adams, Repman, Lecque and Jack 62 

Fiedler, Flood, McCormack, Eneix and Hott 66 

Brown, Osborne, McKay, Fiedler and Michener 70 

Vezzetti, Patton, Williamson and Pollock 74 

Spridik, Gaut, Booth and Piper 78 

Palfrey, Kaupp, Trnavsky, Harris and Webster 82 

Anderson, Smallbach, Worthington and Davis 89 

Smallbach, Worthington, Rice, Froili and Paxton 93 

Mangan, Welch, McDermott, Clement and Wolfe 97 

O'Rourke, Protin, Nutt, Jeffries and Long 104 

Hersche, Hersche, Smith, Oates and Dordain 110 



THE KAISER SAYS: 

(Extracts from speeches 
made by the Kaiser at various 
times, quoted verbatum from 
the Encyclopedia Britannica. ) 

"The soldier and the army, 
not parliamentary majorities 
have welded together the Ger- 
man Empire. My confidence is 
placed in the army." 

"Every German warship that 
is launched is one more guar- 
antee for peace on earth." 

"Germans are the salt of the 
earth." 

"Germanism, like the spirit of 
Rome, must expand and impose 
itself." 

"Considering myself the in- 
strument of the Lord, without 
heeding the views and opinions 
of the day, I go my way." 



PRESIDENT WILSON 
SAYS: 

"A nation that neither sits in 
judgment upon others and 
which keeps herself fit and dis- 
interested and truly serviceable 
for the peace of the world." 

"No peace can last, or ought 
to last which does not recognize 
and accept the principle that 
Governments derive all their 
just powers from the consent of 
the governed, and that no right 
anywhere exists to hand people 
about from sovereignity to 
sovereignity as if they were 
property." 

"We wish to serve no selfish 
ends." 

"I am thinking about those 
rights of humanity without 
which there is no civilization." 

"Our motive will not be re- 
venge or victorious assertion of 
the physical might of the nation, 
but only the vindication of 
right." 

Thank God for the milk of human kindness which runs in the 
veins of every true American. We have our faults, but measuring 
human life in terms of dollars is' not one of them. 

All together now! WAR SAVINGS STAMPS for every member 
of every family, Liberty Loans, Thrift Stamps, Red Cross, Y. M. 
C. A., Y. M. H. A., K. of C, Jr.' Red Cross. 



"The time has come to conquer or submit — For us there 
one choice, we have made it." — Woodrow Wilson. 



but 



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ORGANIZATION OF THIRD LIBERTY LOAN COM- 
MITTEE FOR BOROUGH OF CHARLEROI 
WASHINGTON COUNTY 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

K. W. Daly of Bank of Charleroi 

R. H. Rush of First National Bank 

E. W. Hastings of Charleroi Savings & Trust Co. 

SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTION COMMITTEE 
Two Directors from each Bank: 

J. J. Hott D. M. McCloskey R. C. Mountser 

W. W. Jimeson Eugene Fau Nathan Greenburg 



Chairman, Kerfoot W. Daly 



BUSINESS FIRMS COMMITTEE 



J. D. Berryman, Chairman 



Eugene Fau 



Jack Teitelbaum 



Frank Riva 



W. R. Gaut 



J. B. Schafer 



D. R. Hormell 



INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE 



C. R. Peregrine, Chairman 



Lee Showers 



James Russell 



H. J. Booth 



Walter Byerly 



PROFESSIONAL ETC. 



Dr. J. W. Manon, Chairman 



Dr. J. W. Hunter 



Dr. B. C. Hettrick 



Guy Mofhtt 



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RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS 

Rev. C. A. Hartung, Chairman 

Rev. John R. Burson Rev. H. Habrda 

Rev. Wm. Fries Rev. D. Ronco 

Rev. C. P. Bastian Rev. John Body 

Rev. T. D. Reese Rev. W. H. Frazier ' 

Rev. Jos. Gluvna Rev. Gregory Gleboff 

Rev. C. A. Keller Rev. Andrew Ivanyshyn 

Rev. A. A. H. Hobart Rev. C. E. Hurler 
Rev. H. Piorrier 



SOCIAL BODIES, LODGES, ETC. 
J. E. Masters, Chairman 

Charleroi Lodge F. & A. M. No. 615.. S. D. Hill 
McKean Commandery No. 80 C. S. McKean 

B. P. O. Elks No. 494 W. B. Patterson 

Eagles Andrew J. Kiefer 

Odd Fellows Frank J. Welsh 

Knights of Malta Thos. Hudspith 

Jr. O. U. A. M B. E. Wilson 

L. O. O. Moose J. G. Albright 

P. H. C Mrs. James Mitchell 

Knights of Columbus John J. Henrion 

L. C. B. A Miss Anna Sullivan 

Royal Arcanum Charles Feste 

Lady Maccabees Mrs. John Ferry 

Sons of Italy Frank Riva 

Polish Falcons George Stys 

C. M. B. A ...Jos. Schoener 

453,480— Over the Top 



EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 
Prof. Thos. L. Pollock, Chairman 

High School S. R. Grimm 2nd St. School. .. Ella Greenwood 

Jr. High School... Etta M. Work 9th St. School. .. Edith Woodhall 

5th St. School. . .Elizabeth Elliott Crest Ave. School Nora Swan 

School Board.... F. C. Stahlman 



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LABOR ORGANIZATIONS 
W. A. Guiler. Chairman 



Painters — 

R. Orr 

Ernest Elliott 

Div. 85 Street Car Men— 

P. J. Moore 
Frank Lee 

Div. 656 Street Car Men- 
Robert Callihan 
Charles Collinet 

Printers — 

Louis Goazin 
Carl Wertz 

Miners No. 1165 — 

Jos. Holinsky 

E. Trosotti — Ellsworth. 

Carpenters — 

W. W. Craig 
C. B. Richards 

Miners No. 2278— 

T. R. Metcalf 

M. Williams.. Bentleyvl 

Bottle Workers— 

C. Minehan 
T. Kendall 



Le. Pa. 



Miners No. 593— 

Wm. Guiler 
Samuel Pardoe 

Barbers No. 616— 

Louis Tuccelli 
Toe Irose 

Bartenders- 
Paddy Bastian 
Fred Carroll 

Brewery Workers — 

George Hott 

Sheet Metal Workers — 

L. R. Mack 
H. A. Noble 

Miners No. 90— 

Robert Xesbitt 

John Ma\er — Ellsworth, Ps 

Musicians — 

Ed. Wheeler 
Hartley Jones 

Plumbers — 

Ed. Carson 
Dick Burd 
Harrv Hormell 



DISTRICT 

First Precinct: 

Walter Urban 
Howard Vernon 
George W. Risbeck 
R. Dick Hill 



SUBSCRIPTION 

I. P. Hepler. Chairm; 

George W. Newton 
A. L. Dubinsky 
I. R. Ely the 
Arch Osborne 



MANAGERS 

ti 

J. Ed. Schultz 
Wile}- McCarty 
Robert O. Yetter 
J. B. Tussing 



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Second Precinct: 



T. D. Williamson, Chairman 



Fred W. Cooper 
James Dawson 
Dr. T. M. Faddis 
Rav Kent 



Peter Lee 
John Monier 
George W. Might 
C. R. Newcomer 



Sam Michener 
C. E. Presho 
Samuel Simcox 
A. G. Stech 
Carl M. Wertz 



Third Precinct: 

Roland W. Brown 
George D. Clark 
William C. Clark 
Thomas R. Eagye 



E. J. Charles, Chairman 

Albert Fay L. J. Robertson 

Emile Manandise C. C. Stephens 

Frank Manandise Charles S. VanVoorhis 

Constant Parent Thomas Warrensford 



Fourth Precinct: 

Fred W. Brady, Chairman 

Cornelius Minahan Albert Hanus 

J. G. Albright W. S. Sweeney 

Andrew Schranko Andrew Kiefer 

Jos. Weber 



Fifth Precinct: 



Rev. E. N. Duty, Chairman 



Crest Ave. — 

Mrs. J. S. Fraser 
Mrs. Wm. C. Fishburn 

Lincoln Ave. — 

Mrs. J. W. Mathias 
Mrs. Ruth Swickey 

Cross Streets — 

Airs. William Rhoades 



Lookout Ave. — 

Guy Moffitt, Attorney 
Dr. Bernard D. Hettrick 
Washington Ave. — 

Mrs. C. J. Mogan 
Mrs. J. S. Russell 



Sixth Precinct: 

George W. Moody, Chairman 

J. K. Brumbaugh Mrs. Alfred Wildman 

J. K. Mitchell Mrs. Blanche Christopher 

Mrs. George W. Moody Mrs. Clarence Blanchard 

H. S. Piersoll 

(All addresses are Charleroi, Pa., except where stated) 



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THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS OF FEBRUARY 3, 1917 



(On the sinking of the channel steamer "Sussex" and 
the declaration of the Barred Zone.) 

"Gentlemen of the Congress: 

"The Imperial German Government on the thirty-first of January 
announced to this Government and to the governments of other 
neutral nations that on and after the first of February, the present 
month, it would adopt a policy with regard to the use of submarines 
against all shipping seeking to pass through certain designated areas 
of the high seas, to which it is clearly my duty to call your attention. 

"Let me remind the Congress on the eighth of April last, in view 
of the sinking on the twenty-fourth of March of the cross-channel 
passenger steamer Sussex by a German submarine without summons 
or warning, and the consequent loss of the lives of several citizens 
of the United States who were passengers aboard Jher, this Govern- 
ment addressed a note to 4he— Imperial German Government in which 
it made the following declaration: 

" 'If it is still the purpose of the Imperial Government to prose- 
cute relentless and indiscriminate warfare against vessels of com- 
merce by the use of submarines without regard to what the Govern- 
ment of the United States must consider the sacred and indisputable 
rules of international law and the universally recognized dictates of 
humanity, the Government of the United States is at last forced to 
the conclusion that there is but one course it can pursue. Unless the 
Imperial Government should now immediately declare and effect an 
abandonment of its present methods of submarine warfare against 
passenger and freight carrying vessels, the Government of the United 
States can have no choice but to sever diplomatic relations with the 
German Empire altogether.' 

"In reply to this declaration the Imperial German Government 
gave this Government the following assurance: 

" 'The German Government is prepared to do its utmost to con- 
fine the operations of war for the rest of its duration to the fighting 
forces of the belligerents, thereby also insuring the freedom of the 
seas, a principle upon which the German Government believes now. 
as before, to be in agreement with the Government of the United 
States. 

" 'The German Government, guided by this idea, notifies the Gov- 
ernment of the United States that the German naval forces have 
received the following orders: In accordance with the general prin- 
ciples of visit and search and destruction of the merchant vessels 
recognized by international law, such vessels, both within and with- 
out the area declared a naval war zone, shall not be sunk without 
warning and without saving human lives, unless these ships attempt 
to escape or offer resistance. 

" 'But,' it added, 'neutrals cannot expect that Germany, forced to 
fight for her existence, shall for the sake of neutral interest restrict the 



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use of an affective weapon if her enemy is permitted to continue to 
apply at will methods of warfare violating the rules of international 
law. Such a demand would be incompatible with the character of 
neutrality, and the German Government is convinced that the Govern- 
ment of the United States does not think of making such a demand, 
knowing that the Government of the United States has repeatedly 
declared that it is determined to restore the principles of the freedom 
of the seas, from whatever quarter it has been violated.' 

"To this the Government of the United States replied on the 
eighth of May, accepting, of course the assurances given, but adding: 

" 'The Government of the United States feels it necessary to state 
that it takes for granted that the Imperial German Government does 
not intend to imply that the maintenance of its newly announced 
policy is in any way contingent upon the course or result of diplo- 
matic negotiations between the Government of the United States and 
any other belligerent government, notwithstanding the fact that cer- 
tain passages in the Imperial Government's note of the fourth instant 
might appear to be susceptible of that construction. In order, how- 
ever, to avoid any misunderstanding, the Government of the United 
States notified the Imperial Government that it cannot for a moment 
entertain, much less discuss, a suggestion that respect by German 
naval authorities for the rights of citizens of the United States upon 
the high seas should in any way or in the slightest degree be made 
contigent upon the conduct of any other government, affecting the 
rights of neutrals and noncombatants. Responsibility in such matters 
is single, not joint, absolute, not relative.' 

"To this note of the eighth of May the Imperial German Govern- 
ment made no reply. 

"On the 31st of January the German Ambassador handed to the 
Secretary of State, along with a formal note, a memorandum which 
contained the following statement: 

" 'The Imperial Government, therefore, does not doubt that the 
Government of the United States will understand the situation thus 
forced upon Germany by the Entente Allies' brutal methods of war 
and by their determination to destroy the Central Powers, and that 
the Government of the United States will further realize that the now 
openly disclosed intention of the Entente Allies gives back to Germany 
the freedom of action which she reserved in her note addressed to 
the Government of the United States May 4th, 1916. 

" 'Under these circumstances Germany will meet the illegal meas- 
ures of her enemies by forcibly preventing after February 1, 1917, in 
a zone around Great Britain, France, Italy, and in the Eastern Medi- 
terranean, all navigation, that of neutrals included, from and to 
England, and from and to France, etc., etc. All ships met within the 
zone will be sunk.' 

"I think that you will agree with me that, in view of this decla- 
ration, which suddenly and without prior intimation of any kind 
deliberately withdraws the solemn assurance given in the Imperial 
Government's note of the 4th of May, 1916, this Government has no 



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alternative consistent with the dignity and honor of the United States 
but to take the course which, in its note of the 18th of April, 1916, it 
announced that it would take in the event that the German Govern- 
ment did not declare and effect an abandonment of the methods of 
submarine warfare which it was then employing and to which it now 
purposes again to resort. 

"I have, therefore, directed the Secretary of State to announce to 
his Excellency the German Ambassador that all diplomatic relations 
between the United States and the German Empire are severed and 
that the American Ambassador at Berlin will immediately be with- 
drawn; and, in accordance with this decision, to hand to his Excellency 
his n?«ssports. 

"Notwithstanding this unexpected action of the German Gov- 
ernment, this sudden and deeply deplorable renunciation of its assur- 
ances, given this Government at one of the most critical moments of 
tension in the relations of the two governments, I refuse to believe 
that it is the intention of the German authorities to do in fact what 
they have warned us they wilUfeeUat liberty to do. I cannot bring 
myself to believe that they will, indeed, pay no regard to the ancient 
friendship between their people and our own or to the solemn obliga- 
tions which have been exchanged between them, and destroy American 
ships and take the lives of American citizens in the willful prosecution 
of the ruthless naval program they have announced their intention to 
adopt. Only actual overt acts on their part can make me believe it 
even now. 

"If this inveterate confidence on my part in the sobriety and 
prudent foresight of their purpose should unhappily prove unfounded; 
if American ships and American lives should in fact be sacrificed by 
their naval commanders in heedless contravention of the just and 
reasonable understandings of international law and the obvious dic- 
tates of humanity I shall take the liberty of coming again before the 
Congress to ask that authority be given me to use any means that 
may be necessary for the protection of our seamen and our people in 
the prosecution of their peaceful and legitimate errands on the high 
seas. I can do nothing less. I take it for granted that all neutral 
governments will take the same course. 

"We do not desire any hostile conflict with the Imperial German 
Government. We are the sincere friends of the German people, and 
earnestly desire to remain at peace with Government which speaks 
for them. We shall not believe that they are hostile to us unless and 
until we are obliged to believe it, and we purpose nothing more than 
the reasonable defense of the undoubted rights of our people. We 
wish to serve no selfish ends. We seek merely to stand true alike in 
thought and in action to the immemorial principles of our people, which 
I have sought to express in my address to the Senate only two weeks 
ago — seek merely to vindicate our right to libert}? - and justice and an 
unmolested life. These are the bases of peace, not war. God grant 
that we may not be challenged to defend them by acts of wilful in- 
justice on the part of the Government of Germany." 



15 



NATIONAL GUARD CONCENTRATION CAMPS 

Camps Address 



Camp 


Green 




Charlotte, N. C. 


Camp 


Wadsworth 




Spartanburg, S. C. 


Camp 


Hancock 


.-- 


' Augusta, Ga. 


Camp 


McClellan 




Anniston, Ala. 


Camp 


Sevier 




Greenville, S. C. 


Camp 


Wheeler 




Macon, Ga. 


Camp 


McArthur 




Waco, Texas 


Camp 


Logan 




Houston, Texas 


Camp 


Cody 




Deming, N .M. 


Camp 


Doniphan 




Fort Sill, Okla . 


Camp 


Bowie 




Fort Worth, Texas 


Camp 


Sheridan 




Montgomery, Ala. 


Camp 


Shelby 




Hattiesburg, Miss. 


Camp 


Beauregard 




Alexandria, La. 


Camp 


Kearney 




Linda Vista, Cal. 


Camp 


Fremont 




Palo Alto, Cal. 



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NINTH STREET SCHOOL HONOR ROLL 



Harry Arnold, 


Co. A. 308th Reg. 


August Arrigo, 


20th Reg. 


Harvey Adams, 


20th Reg. 


Francis Bezy, 


330th Infantry. 


Louis Bertram, 


Co. A. 110th Reg. 


Andy Bunchon, 


U. S. Ship, Huntingdon. 


Walter Bromwich, 


Co. A. 6th Reg. 


Arden Calvert, 


Medical Casual Reg. 


Tom Carrol, 


Master Engineer, 1st Engineer Train. 


John Carrol, 


Co. A. 110th Reg. 


Jules Dordain, 


21st Cavalry. 


Henry Decker, 


Co. B. 6th Artillery. 


Andy Dudick, 


Co. H. 40th Inftnry. 


Ronald Flohr, 


Headquarters ; 16th Cavalry Squad. 


*James Geekie, 


Co. A. 110th Reg. 


Joseph Gass, 


330th Infantry. 


William Heidyer, 


20th Co., 5th Training Camp. 


James Hersche, 


Co. C. 58th Infantry. 


James Huston, 


Co. 11, Columbus Barracks. 


Henry Lowstutter, 


Co. B. 15th Engineers, 


William Ludwig, 


Headquarters Detach., 155th Brigade. 


Mike Lombardo, 


20th Reg. 


Ralph Malcolm, 


Cor. 21st Co., 168th Brigade. 


Thomas J. Mangan, 


Lieut. U. S. A. A. S., Section 524. 


Frank Mangan, 


U. S. Naval Hospital, Newport Pavilion. 


John McCloskey, 


18th Reg. 


Melford McCann, 


Co. F. 26th U. S. Engineers. 


Fred Ohliger, 


Headquarters D. 16th Cavalry. 


John Popson, 


Musician, 111th Reg., 56th Brigade. 


Frank Protin, 


20th Co. 5th Training Barracks. 


William Spridik 


Truck Co. 4, Division 308. 


Paul Trnavsky, 


Lieut. Army Dental Service. 


Kmler Tomlinson, 


1st Class Petty Officer S. S. 




(New Hampshire.) 


tThomas Tomlinson, 


Ser. 103rd Signal Battalion. 


John Vezetti, 


Musician 111th Reg. 56th Brigade. 


George Vetter, 


Co. B. 15th Engineers. 


Harry Worthington, 


Paris Island Barracks. 


James Wagner, 


Divisional Quarters, Master's Detach- 




ment. 


Ralph Williamson, 


Co. D. 15th Engineers. 


Harry Welch, 


20th Co. 5th Training Corp. 


Harrison Watts, 


Naval Training Station, Newport, R. I. 


Keith Campbell, 


10th Co., 3rd Bat. 161 Def. Brigade. 




(Camp Grant, Rockford, 111.) 


Joseph McCann, 


2nd Bat. Aviation. 


Louis Dordain, 




John Calliffe, 





*Died in camp Mar. 21. 1918. 
fKilled Nov. 3, 1917. 

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NATIONAL ARMY CANTONMENT CAMPS 



Camps 
Camp Devens 
Camp Dix 
Camp Meade 
Camp Lee 
Camp Jackson 
Camp Gordon 

Camp Sherman 
Camp Taylor 
Camp Custer 
Camp Grant 
Camp Pike 
Camp Dodge 
Camp Funston 
Camp Travis 
Camp Lewis 
Camp Upton 



Address 

Ayer, Mass. 

Wrightstown, N. J. 

Annapolis Jet., Md. 

Petersburg, Va. 

Columbia, S. C. 

Chamblee, Ga. 

(Near Atlanta) 

Chillicothe, Ohio 

Louisville, Ky. 

Battle Creek, Mich. 

Rockford. 111. 

Little Rock, Ark. 

Des Moines, Iowa 

Fort Riley. Kansas 

Fort Sam Houston, Texas 

American Lake, Wash. 

Yap Hank (L. I.), N. Y. 



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AREO TRAINING STATIONS 



Bellsville, 111. 

Essington, Pa. 

Fairfield, Ohio (near Dayton) 

Fort Sill, Okla. 

Hampton. Va. 

Omaha, Neb. 

Mineola, (L. I.), X. Y. 
Mt. Clemens, Mich. 
Pensacola, Fla. 
Rantoul, 111. 
San Antonia, Tex. 
San Diego, Cal, 



Scott Field 
Chandler Field 
Wilbur Wright Field 

Langley's Field 

Fort Omaha 

(Army Balloon School) 

Hazelburst Field 

Selfridge Field 

(P. O. Warrington) 

Channte Field 

Camp Kelley 

Camp Rockwell 



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INCREMENT CAMPS 

(Where new increments to Regular Army will be formed) 

Belvoir, Va. 

Fort Benjamin Harrison 

Chicamauga Park (Ft. Oglethorpe) 

Fort Douglas 

Fort Ethan Allen 

Gettysburg, Pa. 

Leon Springs 

Camp McCoy 

Camp Robinson 

Fort Riley 

Fort D. A. Russel 

Presidio of San Francisco 

Fort Sill 

Fort Snelling 

Syracuse, N. Y. 

Vancouver Barracks 



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THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS OF FEBRUARY 26, 1917 



(On the occasion of the sinking of the "Housa- 
tonic" and "Lyman M. Law" and the declaration of 
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare.) 

Gentlemen of the Congress: 

"I have again asked the privilege of addressing you because we 
are moving through critical times, during which it seems to me to 
he my duty to keep in close touch with the houses of Congress, so 
that neither counsel nor action shall run at cross-purposes between us. 

"On the 3d of February I officially informed you of the sudden 
and unexpected action of the Imperial German Government in declar- 
ing its intention to disregard the promises it had made to this Govern- 
ment in April last and undertake immediate submarine operations 
against all commerce, whether of belligerents or neutrals, that would 
seek to approach Great Britain and Ireland, the Atlantic coasts of 
Europe or the harbors of the Eastern Mediterranean, and to conduct 
those operations without regard to the established restrictions of 
international practice, without regard to any considerations of 
humanity even which might interfere with their object. That policy 
was forthwith put into practice. It has now been in active execution 
for nearly four weeks. 

"Its practical results are not yet fully disclosed. The commerce 
of other neutral nations is suffering severely, but not, perhaps, 
very much more severely than it was already suffering before the 
first of February, when the new policy of the Imperial Government 
was put into operation. We have asked the co-operation of the other 
neutral governments to prevent these depredations, but so far none 
of them has thought it wise to join us in any common course of 
action. Our own commerce has suffered, is suffering, rather in appre- 
hension than in fact, rather because so many of our ships are timidly 
keeping their home ports because American ships have been sunk. 

"Two American vessels have been sunk — The Housatonic and 
the Lyman M. Law. The case of the Housatonic, which was carry- 
ing foodstuffs consigned to a London firm, in which it will be recalled 
the German Government admitted its liability for damages, and the 
lives of the crew, as in the case of the Fry, were safeguarded with 
reasonable care. 

"The case of the Law, which was carrying lemon box staves to 
Palermo, disclosed a ruthlessness of method which deserves grave 
condemnation, but was accompanied by no circumstances which might 
not have been expected at any time in connection with the use of the 
submarines against merchantmen as the German Government has 
used it. 

"In sum, therefore, the situation we find ourselves in with regard 
to the actual conduct of the German submarine warfare against com- 
merce and its effects upon our own ships and people is substantially 
the same that it was when I addressed you on the third of February, 



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except for the tying up of our shipping in our own ports because of 
the unwillingness of our shipowners to risk their vessels at sea with- 
out insurance or adequate protection, and the very serious congestion 
of our commerce which has resulted, a congestion which is growing 
rapidly more and more serious every day. This in itself might pres- 
ently accomplish, in effect, what the new German submarine orders 
were meant to accomplish, so far as we are concerned. We can only 
say, therefore, that the overt act which I have ventured to hope the 
German commanders would in fact avoid had not occurred. 

"But, while this is happily true, it must be admitted that there 
have been certain additional indications and expressions of purpose 
on the part of the German press and the German authorities which 
have increased rather than lessened the impression that if our ships 
and our people are spared it will be because the commanders of the 
German submarine which they may happen to encounter exercise an 
unexpected discretion and restraint rather than because of the instruc- 
tions under which those commanders are acting. 

"It would be foolish to deny the situation is fraught with the 
gravest possibilities and dangers. No thoughtful man can fail to see 
that the necessity for definite action may come at any time if we are 
in fact, and not in word merely, to defend our elementary rights as 
a neutral nation. It would be most imprudent to be unprepared. 

"I cannot, in such circumstances, be unmindful of the fact that 
the expirations of the term of the present Congress is immediately 
at hand, by Constitutional limitation; and that it would in all likeli- 
hood require an unusual length of time to assemble and organize the 
Congress which is to succeed it. I feel that I ought, in view of the 
fact, to obtain from you full and immediate assurance of the authority 
which I may need at any moment to exercise. No doubt I already, 
possess that authority without special warrant of law, by the plain 
implication of my Constitutional duties and powers; but I prefer, in 
the present circumstances, not to act upon general implication. 

"I wish to feel that the authority and the power of the Congress 
are behind me in whatever it may become necessary for me to do. 
We are jointly the servants of the people and must act together and 
in their spirit, so far as we can divine and interpret it. 

"No one doubts what it is our duty to do. We must defend our 
commerce and the lives of our people in the midst of the present try- 
ing circumstances with discretion, but with clear and steadfast 
purpose. Only the method and the extent remain to be chosen, upon 
the occasion, if occasion should arise. Since it has unhappily proved 
impossible to safeguard our neutral rights by diplomatic means against 
the unwarranted infringements they are suffering at the hands of 
Germany, there may be no recourse but to armed neutrality, which 
we shall know how to maintain and for which there is abundant 
American privilege. 

"It is devoutly to be hoped that it will not be necessary to put 
armed force anywhere into action. The American people do not 



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desire it, and our desire is not different from theirs. I am sure that 
they will understand the spirit in which I am now acting, the purpose 
I hold nearest my heart and would wish to exhibit in every thing I do. 

"I am anxious that the people of the nations at war also should 
understand and not mistrust us. I hope that I need give no further 
proofs and assurances than I have already given throughout nearly 
three years of peace and mean to preserve it for America so long as 
I am able. I am not now proposing or contemplating war, or any 
steps that need lead to it. I merely request that you will accord me 
by your own vote and definite bestowal the means and the authority 
to safeguard in practice the right of a great people who are at peace 
and who are desirous of exercising none but the rights of peace to 
follow the pursuits of peace in quietness and good will — rights recog- 
nized time out of mind by all the civilized nations of the world. No 
course of my choosing or of others will lead to war. War can come 
only by the wilful acts and aggressions of others. 

"You will understand why I can make no definite proposals or 
forecast of action now and must ask for your supporting authority 
in the most general terms. The form in which action may be neces- 
sary cannot yet be foreseen. I believe that the people will be will- 
ing to trust me to act with restraint, with prudence, and in the true 
spirit of amity and good faith that they have themselves displayed 
throughout these trying months; and it is in that belief that I re- 
quest that you will authorize me to supply our merchant ships with 
defensive arms, should that become necessary, and with the means 
of using them, and to employ any other instrumentalities or methods 
that may be necessary and adequate to protect our ships and our 
people in their legitimate and peaceful pursuits of the seas. I request 
also that you will grant me at the same time, along the powers I 
ask, a sufficient credit to enable me to provide adequate means of 
protection where they are lacking, including adequate insurance 
against the present war risks. 

"I have spoken of our commerce and of the legitimate errands of 
our people on the seas, but will not be mislead as to my main thought, 
the thought that lies beneath these phrases and gives them dignity 
and weight. It is not of material interests merely that we are think- 
ing. It is, rather, of fundamental human rights, chief of all the right 
of life itself. 

"I am thinking not only of the rights of Americans to go and 
come about their proper business by way of the sea, but also of 
something much deeper, much more fundamental than that. I am 
thinking of these rights of humanity without which there is no civili- 
zation. My theme is of these great principles of compassion and 
of protection which mankind has sought to throw about human lives, 
the lives of non-combatants, the lives of men who are peacefully at 
work helping the industrial processes of the world quick and vital, 
the lives of women and children and of those who supply the labor 
which ministers to the sustenance. 



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"We are speaking of no selfish material rights, but of rights which 
our hearts support and whose foundation is that righteous passion 
for justice upon which all law, all structures alike of family, of state 
and of mankind must rest, as upon the ultimate base of our existence 
and our liberty. 

"I cannot imagine any man with American principle at his heart 
hesitating to defend these things." 




(c)- Marine Corps Publicity Bureau. 

After raising a flag on a municipal building of the 
captured city of Vera Cruz, the U. S. Marines 
are shown marching back to their barracks. 



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HONOR ROLL OF METHODIST EPISCOPAL 
SUNDAY SCHOOL 



Frederick Ohliger 


16th Regiment Cavalry 


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Henry J. Lowstuter 


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William McClurg 


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National Army 


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National Army 


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Naval Medical 


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National Army 


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National Army 


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Aviation 


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Aviation 


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Aviation 


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Cavalry 


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Navy 


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Marines 


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National Army 


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National Army 


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WAR TERMS AND SAYINGS 

"Boche", German Soldiers 
"Poilu", French Soldiers 
"Sammies", U. S. Soldiers 
"Tommies", British Soldiers 
''Over There" 
"Somewhere in France" 
"At an Atlantic Port" 
"The Hun" 
"Liberty Loans" 
"War Saving Stamps'' 
"Thrift Stamps" 

"Do Your Bit — Everybody's doing it, in the U. S. A., 
but the enemy in our midst." 

"Slacker" 

"Bolsheviki" 

"Four Minute Men" 

"Home Guards" 

"War Gardens" 

"Keep the Home Fires Burning' 
"Victory Bread" 



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(e) Marine Corps Publicity Bureau. 

A 3-inch gun mounted by U. S. Marines in a stratagetical spot, as a part of their 

training with artillery. 




Courtesy of the British and Canadian Recruiting- Mission, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Official photograph taken on the British Western Front in France. Tank moving up 
to assist in holding the German Offensive. 

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THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS OF APRIL 2. 1917 



(Armed neutrality no longer feasible — nothing less 
than war — no quarrel with the German people) 

"I have called Congress into extraordinary session because there 
are very serious choices of policy to be made, and made immediately, 
which' it was neither right nor constitutional!}- permissible that I 
should assume the responsibility of making. 

"On the third of February last I officially laid before you the 
extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government 
that on and after the first day of February it was its purpose to put 
aside all restraints of law. of humanity and use its submarines to sink 
every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britian 
and Ireland or the western coast of Europe, or an}- of the ports con- 
trolled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean. That 
had seemed to be the object of the German submarine warfare earlier 
in the war. but since April of last year the Imperial Government had 
somewhat restrained the commanders of its^uhdersea craft in con- 
formity with its promise then given to us that passenger boats should 
not be sunk, and that due warning would be given to all other vessels 
which its submarines might seek to destroy, when no resistance was 
offered to escape attempted, and care taken that their crews were 
given at least a fair chance to save their lives in their open boats. 
The precaution taken were meagre and haphazard enough, as was 
proven in distressing instance after instance in the progress of the 
cruel and unmanly business, but a certain degree of restraint was 
observed. 

"The new policy has swept every restriction aside. Vessels of 
every kind, whatever flag, their character, their destination, their 
errand, have been ruthlessly sent to the bottom without warning, and 
without thought of help or mercy for those on board, the vessels 
of friendly neutrals along with those of belligerents. Even hospital 
ships and ships carrying relief to the sorely bereaved and stricken 
people of Belgium, though the latter were provided with safe con- 
duct through the prescribed areas by the German Government itself, 
and were distinguished by unmistakable marks of identity, have been 
sunk with the same reckless lack of compassion or of principle. 

"I was for a little while unable to believe that such things 
would in fact be done by any government that had hitherto sub- 
scribed to the humane practices of civilized nations. International 
law had its origin in the attempt to set up some law which would be 
respected and observed from the seas, where no nation had right of 
dominion and where lay the free highways of the world. By painful 
stage after stage has that law been built up with meagre enough re- 
sults indeed, after all was accomplished that could be accomplished, 
but always with a clear view, at least, of what the heart and con- 
science of mankind demanded. 

"This minimum of right the German Government has swept aside 
under the plea of retaliation and necessity, and because it had no- 



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JOHN E. HUGUS 
Rehula Studio 



GEO. VETTBR 
Babbitt Studio 




weapons which it could use at sea except these, which it is impossible 
to employ as it is employing them without throwing to the winds all 
scruples of humanity or of respect for the understandings that were 
supposed to underlie the intercourse of the world. 

"I am not thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and 
serious as it is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of 
the lives of noncombatants — men, women and children, engaged in 
pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern 
history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. Property can be paid 
for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be. 

"The present German submarine warfare against commerce is a 
warfare against mankind. It is a war against all nations. American 
ships have been sunk, American lives taken in ways which it has 
stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other 
neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the 
waters in the same way. There has been no discrimination. The 
challenge is to all mankind. Each nation must decide for itself how 
it will meet it. The choice we make for ourselves must be made with 
a moderation of counsel and a temperateness of judgment befitting 
our character and our motives as a nation. 

"We must put excited feeling away. Our motive will not be 
revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical might of the 
nation, but only the vindication of right, of human right, of which we 
are only a single champion. 

"When 1 addressed the Congress on the 26th of February last, I 
thought that it would suffice to assert our neutral right with arms; 
our right to use the seas against unlawful interference; our right to 
keep our people safe against unlawful violence. But armed neutrality, 
it now appears, is impracticable. Because submarines are in effect 
outlaws when used as the German submarines have been used against 
merchant shipping, it is impossible to defend ships against their at- 
tacks, as the law of nations has assumed that merchantmen would 
defend themselves against privateers or cruisers, visible craft giving 
chase upon the open sea. It is common prudence in such circum- 
stances, grim necessity indeed, to endeavor to destroy them before 
they have shown their own intention. They must be dealt with upon 
sight, if dealt with at all. 

"The German Government denies the right of neutrals to use arms 
at all within the areas of the sea which it has prescribed, even in the 
defense of rights which no modern publicist has ever before ques- 
tioned their right to defend. The intimation is conveyed that the 
armed guards which we have placed on our merchant ships will be 
dealt with as pirates would be. Armed neutrality is ineffectual enough 
at best; in such circumstances and in the face of such pretensions 
it is worse than ineffectual; it is likely once to produce what it was 
meant to prevent; it is practically certain to draw us into the war 
without either the rights or the effectiveness of belligerents. 



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LEE IRWIN 
Babbitt Studio 



JAMES RUECROFT 
Babbitt Studio 




"There is one choice we cannot make, we are incapable of making, 
we will not choose the path of submission and suffer the most sacred 
rights of our nation and our people to be ignored or violated. The 
wrongs against which we now array ourselves are not common 
wrongs, they cut to the very roots of human life. 

"With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical char- 
acter of the step I am taking and of the grave responsibilities which 
it involves, but in unhesitating obedience to what I deem my con- 
stitutional duty, I advise that the Congress declare the recent course 
of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than 
war against the Government and people of the United States; that it 
formally accept the status of belligerent which has thus been thrust 
upon it, and that it take immediate steps not only to put the country 
in a more thorough state of defense, but also to exert all its power 
and employ all its resources to bring the Government of the German 
Empire to terms and end the war. 

"What this will involve^ is clear. It will involve the utmost 
practicable co-operation in counsel and action with the governments 
now at war with Germany and, as incident to that, the extension to 
those governments of the most liberal financial credits, in order that 
our resources may, so far as possible, be added to theirs. It will 
involve the organization and mobilization of all material resources 
of the country to supply the materials of war and serve the incidental 
needs of the nation in the most abundant and yet the most economical 
and efficient way possible. It will involve the immediate full equip- 
ment of the navy in all respects, but particularly in supplying it with 
best means of dealing with the enemy's submarines. It will involve 
the immediate addition to the armed forces of the United States 
already provided for by law in case of war, at least 500,000 men, who 
should, in my opinion, be chosen upon the principle of universal lia- 
bility to service, and also the authorization of subsequent additional 
increments of equal force so soon as they may be needed and can be 
handled in training. 

"It will involve also, of course, the granting of adequate credits 
to the Government, sustained, I hope, so far as they can equitably 
be sustained by the present generation, by well-conceived taxation. 
I say sustained so far as may be equitable by taxation because it 
seems to me that it would be most unwise to base the credits which 
will now be necessary entirely on money borrowed. It is our duty, 
I most respectfully urge, to protect our people so far as we may 
against the very serious hardships and evils which would be likely 
to arise out of the inflation which would be produced by vast loans. 

"In carrying out the measures by which these things are to be 
accomplished we should keep constantly in mind the wisdom of inter- 
fering as little as possible in our own preparation and in the equip- 
ment of our own military forces with the duty — for it will be a very 
practical duty — of supplying the nations already at war with Germany 
with the materials which they can obtain only from us or by our 



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(c) Marine Corps Publicity Bureau. 



In the shadow of the Sphinx, U. S. Marines, serving aboard a battleship, 
frequently make journeys to the pyramids. 




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assistance. They are in the field, and we should help them in every 
way to be affective there. 

"I shall take the liberty of suggesting, through the several exec- 
utive departments of the Government for the consideration of your 
committees, measures for the accomplishment of the several objects 
I have mentioned. I hope that it will be your pleasure to deal with 
them as having been framed after very careful thought by the branch 
of the Government upon which the responsibility of conducting the 
war and safeguarding the nation will most directly fall. 

"While we do these things, these deeply momentous things, let 
us be very clear, and make very clear to all the world what our 
motives and our objects are. My own thought has not been driven 
from its habitual and normal course by the unhappy events of the 
last two months, and I do not believe that the thought of the nation 
has been altered or clouded by them. 

"I have exactly the same things in mind now that I had in mind 
when I addressed the Senate on the 22d of January last: the same 
that I had in mind when I addressed the Congress on the 3d of 
February and on the 28th of February. Our object now. as then, is 
to vindicate the principles of peace and the justice in the life of the 
world as against selfish autocratic power, and to set up among the 
really free and self-governed peoples of the world such a concert of 
purpose and of action as will henceforth insure the observance of 
those principles. 

"Neutrality is no longer feasible or desirable where the peace of 
the world is involved and the freedom of its peoples, and the menace 
to that peace and freedom lies in the existence of autocratic govern- 
ments, backed by organized force, which is controlled wholly by their 
will, not by the will of their people. We have seen the last of 
neutrality in such circumstances. 

"We are at the beginning of an age where it will be insisted that 
the same standards of conduct and of responsibility for wrong done 
shall be observed among nations and their governments that are 
observed among the individual citizens of civilized states. 

"We have no quarrel with the German people. We have no 
feeling toward them but one of sympathy and friendship. It was 
not upon their impulse that their government acted in entering this 
war. It was not with their previous knowledge or approval. 

"It was a war determined upon as wars used to be determined 
upon in the old. unhappy days when peoples were nowhere consulted 
by their rulers and wars were provoked and waged in the interest of 
dynasties or of little groups of ambitious men who were accustomed 
to use their fellow-men as pawns and tolls. 

"Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbors states with spies 
or set the course of intrigue to bring about some critical posture of 
affairs which will give them an opportunity to strike and make con- 
quest. Such designs can be successfully worked only under cover 
and where no one has the right to ask questions. 



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ALBERT LUTES RAY WILKTNS 

Rehula Studio 



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"Cunningly contrived plans of deception or aggression, carried, 
it may be, from generation to generation, can be worked out and 
kept from the light only within the privacy of courts or behind the 
carefully guarded confidences of a narrow and privileged class. 

"They are, happily, impossible where public opinion commands 
and insists upon full information concerning all the nation's affairs. 

"A steadfast concert for peace can never be maintained except 
by a partnership of democratic nations. No autocratic government 
could be trusted to keep faith within it or observe its covenants. 
It must be a league of honor, a partnership of opinion. Intrigue 
would eat its vitals away; the plottings of inner circles who could 
plan what they would and render account to no one would be a 
corruption seated at its very heart. Only free people can hold their 
purpose and their honor steady to a common end and prefer the in- 
terests of mankind to any narrow interest of their own. 

"Does not every American feel that assurance has been added to 
our hope for the future peace of the world by the wonderful and 
heartening things that have been happening within the last few weeks 
in Russia? 

"Russia was known by those who knew it best to have been 
always in fact democratic at heart, in all the vital habits of her 
thought, in all the intimate relationships of her people that spoke their 
national instinct, their habitual attitude towards life. 

"The autocracy that crowned the summit of her political struc- 
ture, long as it had stood and terrible as was the realty of its power, 
was not in fact Russia in origin, character or purpose, and now it 
has been shaken off and the great, generous Russian people have been 
added in all their native majesty and might to the forces that are 
fighting for a freedom in the world, for justice and for peace. Here 
is a fit partner for a league of honor. 

"One of the things that has served to convince us that the Prussian 
autocracy was not and could never be our friend is that from the 
very outset of the present war it has filled our unsuspecting com- 
munities and even our offices of government with spies and set crim- 
inal intrigues everywhere afoot against our national unity of council, 
our peace within and without, our industries and our commerce. 

"Indeed, it is now evident that its spies were here even before the 
war began; and it is unhappily not a matter of conjecture, but a 
fact proved in our courts of justice, that the intrigues which have 
more than once come perilously near to disturbing the peace and dis- 
locating the industries of the country have been carried on at the 
instigation, with the support, and even under the personal direction 
of official agents of the Imperial Government accredited to the Gov- 
ernment of the United States. 

"Even in checking these things and trying to extirpate them, we 
have sought to put the most generous interpretation possible upon 
them because we knew that their source lay not in any hostile feeling 
or purpose of the German people toward us (who were, no doubt. 



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as ignorant of them as we ourselves were), but only the selfish de- 
signs of a government that did what it pleased and told its people 
nothing. But they have played their part in serving to convince us 
at last that that government entertains no real friendship for us and 
means to act against our peace and security at its convenience. That 
it means to stir up enemies against us at our very doors the inter- 
cepted note to the German Minister at Mexico City is eloquent evi- 
dence. 

"We are accepting this challenge of hostile purpose because we 
know that in such a government, following such methods, we can 
never have a friend; and that in the presence of its organized power 
always lying in wait to accomplish we know not what purpose, there 
can be no assured security for the democratic governments of the 
world. 

"We are now about to accept gage of battle with this natural foe 
to liberty and shall, if necessary, spend the whole force of the nation 
to check and nullify its pretensions and end its power. We are glad, 
now that we see the facts with no veil of false pretense about them, to 
fight thus for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of 
its people, the German peoples included; for the rights of nations great 
and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way 
of life and of obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy 
Its peace must be planted upon the trusted foundations of political 
liberty. 

"We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no 
domination. W T e seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material com- 
pensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one 
of the champions of the rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied 
when those rights have been made as secure as the faith and the 
freedom of the nations can make them. 

"Just because we fight without rancor and without selfish ob- 
jects, seeking nothing for ourselves but what we shall wish to share 
with all free peoples, we shall, I feel confident, conduct our opera- 
tions as belligerents without passion and ourselves observe with 
proud punctilio the principles of right and of fair play we profess to 
be fighting for. 

"I have said nothing of the Governments allied with the Imperial 
Government of Germany because they have not made war upon us 
or challenged us to defend our right and honor. The Austro- 
Hungarian Government has, indeed, avowed its unqualified indorse- 
ment and acceptance of the reckless and lawless submarine warfare 
adopted now without disguise by the Imperial German Government, 
and it has, therefore, not been possible for this Government to re- 
ceive Count Tarnowski, the Ambassador recently accredited to his 
Government by the Imperial and Royal Government of Austria- 
Hungary; but that Government has not actually engaged in warfare 
against citizens of the United States on seas, and I take the liberty, 
for the present at least, of postponing a discussion of our relations 



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with the authorities at Vienna. We enter this war only where we are 
clearly forced into it, because there are no other means of defending 
our rights. 

"It will be all the easier for us to conduct ourselves as belliger- 
ents in a high spirit of right and fairness because we act without 
animus, not in enmity toward a people or with the desire to bring 
any injury or disadvantage upon them, but only in armed opposition 
to an irresponsible Government which has thrown aside all considera- 
tions of humanity and of right and is running amuck. 

"We are, let me say again, the sincere friends of the German 
people, and shall desire nothing so much as the early re-establishment 
of intimate relations of mutual advantage between us — however hard 
it may be for them, for the time being, to believe that this is spoken 
from our hearts. We have borne with their present Government 
through all these bitter months because of that friendship, exercising 
a patient and forbearance which would otherwise have been impos- 
sible. We shall, happily, still have an opportunity to prove that 
friendship in our daily attitude and actions toward the millions of 
men and women of German birth and native sympathy who live 
among us and share our life, and we shall be proud to prove it toward 
all who are in fact loyal to their neighbors and to the Government 
in the hour of test. They are, most of them, as true and loyal Amer- 
icans as if they had never known any other fealty or allegiance. They 
will be prompt to stand with us in rebuking and restraining the few 
who may be of a different mind and purpose. 

"If there should be a disloyalty it will be dealt with a firm hand 
of stern repression; but if it lifts its head at all it will lift it only 
here and there and without countenance, except from a lawless and 
malignant few. 

"It is a distressing and opressive duty, gentlemen of the Congress, 
which I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may 
be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a 
fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war; into the 
most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming 
to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and 
we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our 
hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority 
to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties 
of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert 
of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and 
make the world itself at least free. To such a task we can dedicate 
our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything 
that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has 
come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might 
for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace 
which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other." 

WOODROW WILSON, President. 



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Members of the U. S. Marine Legation Guard, serving at Pekin, China. 




THE WASHINGTON AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCH 



Wilson Piper 


Charles Sutherland ' 


Jesse Richey 


Arden Calvert 


John Gaut — 1st Lieut. 


Robert Coulter 


James Wagner — 1st Lieut. 


Walter Diamond 


Charles Dunham 


Paul Nutt 


Myron Jobes 


Thomas Jeffries 


Ralph Williamson 


Ray Speers 


Earl Michener 


John Speers 


Paul Ternavsky — 2nd Lieut. 


Kieth Campbell 


Marion Kinder 


George Osborne 


Robert Long 


Francis E. Keegan 


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James G. McQuaide 


Edwin Patton 


Harry Swickey 


John Clutter 


Homer T. Whitehead 


Charles Enix 


Lester Allman 


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Jas. McQuaide 


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Felix Suwall 
Albert Fiori 
E. Kirschner 



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JOS. ALTERICI 
Rehula Studio 



AUBREY CLERIHUE 




PRESIDENT'S APPEAL OF APRIL 16, 1917 



(An appeal by the President for the co-operation of all in- 
dustrial and commercial bodies in this fight for humanity) 

"My Fellow Countrymen: 

"The entrance of our own beloved country into the grim and 
terrible war for democracy and human rights which has shaken the 
world creates so many problems of national life and action, which 
call for immediate consideration and settlement, that I hope you will 
permit me to address to you a few words of earnest counsel and 
appeal with regard to them. 

"We are rapidly putting our navy upon an effective war footing 
and are about to create and equip a great army, but these are the 
simplest parts of the great task to which we have addressed our- 
selves. There is not a single selfish element, so far as I can see. in 
the cause we are fighting for. We are fighting for what we believe 
and wish to be the rights of mankind and for the future peace and 
security of the world. To do this great thing worthily and success- 
fully we must devote ourselves to the service without regard to profit 
or material advantage and with an energy and intelligence that will 
rise to the level of the enterprise itself. We must realize to the full 
how great the task is and how many things, how many kinds and 
elements of capacity and service and self-sacrifice it involves. 

"These, then are the things we must do and do well, besides 
fighting the things without which mere fighting would be fruitless: 

"We must supply abundant food for ourselves and for our armies 
and our seamen not only, but also for a large part of the nations 
with whom we have made common cause, in whose support and by 
whose sides we shall be fighting. 

"We must supply ships by the hundreds out of our ship-yards 
to carry to the other side of the sea. submarines or no submarines, 
what will every day be needed there, and abundant materials out 
of our fields and our mines and our factories with which not only 
to clothe and equip our own forces on land and sea. but also to clothe 
and support the people for whom the gallant fellows under arms can 
no longer work, to help clothe and equip the armies with which we 
are cooperating in Europe, and to keep the looms and manufactories 
there in raw materials: coal to keep the fires going in ships at sea 
and in the furnaces of hundreds of factories across the sea; steel, 
out of which to make arms and ammunition both here and there; rails 
for wornout railways back of the fighting fronts: locomotives and 
rolling stock to take the place of those every day going to pieces; 
mules, horses, cattle lor labor and for military service; everything 
with which the people of England and France and Italy and Russia 
have usually supplied themselves but cannot now afford the men. the 
materials or the machinery to make. 

"It is evident to every thinking man that our industries on the 
farm, in the shipyards, in the mines, in the factories, must be made 



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more prolific and more efficient than ever, and that they must be more 
economically managed and better adapted to the particular require- 
ments of our task than they have been; and what I want to say is that 
the men and the women' who devote their thought and their energy 
to these things will be serving the country and conducting the fight 
for peace and freedom just as truly and just as effectively as the men 
on the battlefield or in the trenches. 

"The industrial forces of the country, men and women alike, will 
be a great national, a great international, service army — a notable and 
honored host engaged in the service of the nation and the world, the 
efficient friends and saviors of free men everywhere. Thousands, nay, 
hundreds of thousands of men otherwise liable to military service 
and assigned to the fundamental, sustaining work of the fields and 
factories and mines, and they will be as much a part of the patriotic 
forces of the nation as the men under fire. 

"I take the liberty, therefore, of addressing this word to the 
farmers of the country and to all who work on the farms: The 
Supreme need of our own nation and of the nations with which we 
are co-operating is an abundance of supplies, and especially of food- 
stuffs. The importance of an adequate food supply, especially for the 
present year, is superlative. Without abundant food, alike for the 
armies and the people now at war, the whole great enterprise upon 
which we have embarked will break down and fail. The wrold's 
food reserves are low. Not only during the present emergency, but 
for some time after peace shall have come, both our own people and 
a large proportion of the people of Europe must rely upon the 
harvests in America. Upon the farmers of this country, therefore, 
in large measure, rests the fate of the war and the fate of the nations. 
May the nation not count upon them to omit no step that will in- 
crease the production of their land or that will bring about the most 
effectual co-operation in the sale and distribution of their products? 
The time is short. It is of the most imperative importance that 
everything possible be done and done immediately to make sure of 
large harvests. I call upon young men and old alike, and upon the 
able-bodied boys of the land to accept and act upon this duty — to 
turn in hosts to the farms and make certain that no pains and no 
labor is lacking in this great matter. 

"I particularly appeal to the farmers of the South to plant abun- 
dant foodstuffs as well as cotton. They can show their patriotism 
in no better or more convincing way than by resisting the great temp- 
tation of the present price of cotton and helping, helping upon a 
great scale, to feed the nation and the peoples everywhere who are 
fighting for their liberties and for our own. The variety of their 
crops will be the visible measure of their comprehension of their 
national duty. 

"The Government of the United States and the Governors of the 
several States stand to co-operate. They will do everything possible 
to assist farmers in securing an adequate supply of seed, and an ade- 



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quate force of laborers when they are most needed, at harvest time, 
and the means for expediting shipments of fertilizers and farm ma- 
chinery, as well as of the crops themselves when harvested." The 
course of trade shall be as unhampered as it is possible to make it, and 
there shall be no unwarranted manipulation of the nation's food 
supply by those who handle it on its way to the consumer. This is our 
opportunity to demonstrate che efficiency of a great democracy, and 
we shall not fall short of it. 

"This let me say to the middlemen of every sort, whether they 
are handling our foodstuffs or our raw materials of manufacture or 
the products of our mills and factories: The eyes of the country 
will be especially upon you. This is your opportunity for signal 
service, efficient and disinterested. The country expects you, as it 
expects all others, to forego unusual profits, to organize and expedite 
shipments of supplies of every kind, but especially food, with an eye 
to the service you are rendering and in the spirit of those who enlist 
in the ranks, for their people, not for themselves. I shall confidently 
expect you to deserve and win the confidence of people of every sort 
and station. 

"To the men who run the railways of the country, whether they 
be managers or operative employees, let me say that the railways are 
the arteries of the nation's life and that upon them rests the immense 
responsibility of seeing to it that these arteries suffer no obstruction 
of any kind, no inefficiency or slackened power. To the merchant, 
let me suggest the motto: 'Small profits and quick service'; and to 
the shipbuilder, the thought that the life of the war depends upon 
him. The food and the war supplies must be carried across the seas, 
no matter how many ships are sent to the bottom. The places of 
those that go down must be supplied, and supplied at once. To the 
miner, let me say that he stands where the farmer does: The work 
of the world waits on him. If he slackens or fails, armies and states- 
men are helpless. He also is enlisted in the great service. The manu- 
facturer does not need to be told, I hope, that the nation looks to 
him to speed and perfect every process; and I want only to remind 
his employees that their service is absolutely indespensable and is 
counted on by every man who loves the country and its liberties. 

"Let me suggest also that everyone who creates or cultivates a 
garden helps and helps greatly to solve the problem of the feeding 
of the nations; and that every housewife who practices strict economy 
puts herself in the ranks of those who serve the nation. This is the 
time for America to correct her unpardonable fault of wastefulness 
and extravagance. Let every man and every woman assume the duty 
of careful provident use and expenditure as a public duty, as a dictate 
of patriotism which no one can now expect ever to be excused or 
forgiven for ignoring. 

"In the hope that this statement of the needs of the nation and 
of the world in this hour of supreme crisis may stimulate those to 
whom it comes and remind all who need reminder of the solemn 



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duties of a time such as the world has never seen before, I beg that 
all editors and publishers everywhere will give as prominent publi- 
cation and as wide circulation as possible to this appeal. I venture 
to suggest also to all advertising agencies that they would perhaps 
render a very substantial and timely service to the country if they 
would give it widespread repetition, and I hope that clergymen will 
not think the theme of it an unworthy or inappropriate subject of 
comment and homily from their pulpits. 

"The supreme test of the nation has come. We must all speak, 
act and serve together!" 




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CHARLEROI LODGE 494 B. P. O. ELKS 

Clarence R. Murphy 
Albert E. Foley 
George H. Smith 
Julius Levy 
Floyd Cobb 
Roy S. Sharpneck 
Herman Littlestone 
Henry Lowstuter 
James B. Hosack 
Louis R. Roley 
Alex B. Gray 
Eminent S. McCormick 
Clarence B. Callomon 
Thomas O. Mosier 



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RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CAMPS 



Camp 
Belvoir. Ya. 

Benjamin Harrison, Fort 
Leon Springs. Texas 
Logan H. Roots. Fort 
Madison Barracks 
McPherson, Fort 
Meyer. Fort 
Niagara. Fort 
Oglethorpe. Fort 
Plattsburg, Barracks 
Riley. Fort 

San Francisco. Presidio of 
Sheridan. Fort 
Snelling. Fort 



Address 

(Via Washington. D. C. and boat) 
Indianopolis. Ind. 

Little Rock. Ark. 
Sackett Harbor. N. Y. 
Georgia 
Virginia 

Youngstown. X. Y. 
Dodge. Ga. 
Plattsburg. X. Y. 
Kansas 

San Francisco. Cal. 
Illinois 

Mendata, Minnesota 



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POSTS AND STATIONS OF THE ARMY 



Name of Station 

Xame of Station 
Adams. Fort 
Ajo Garrison 
Andrews. Fort 
Apache. Fort 
Armistead. Fort 
Army and Navy General 

Hospital 
Augusta Arsenal 
Baker. Fort 
Banks. Fort 
Barrancus, Fort 
Barry. Fort 
Bayard. Fort ( General 

Hospital) 
Benicia Arsenal 
Benjamin Harrison. Fort 
Bliss. Fort 
Boise Barracks 
Brady. Fort 
Brownsville Garrison 
Calexico Garrison 
Canby. Fort 
Carroll, Fort 
Casey. Fort 
Caswell, Fort 
Clark. Fort 
Columbia, Fort 
Columbus Barracks 
Columbus Garrison 
Constitution. Fort 

Corpus Christi Garrison 

Crockett. Fort 

Crook. Fort 

Dade. Fort 

D. A. Russell. Fort 

Delaware. Fort 

Del Rio Garrison 

Des Moines. Fort 

De Soto, Fort 

Disciplinary Barracks 

Disciplinary Barracks 



Address 

Address 
New Fort. R. I. 
Ajo. A.rizona 
Fort Andrews. Mass. 
Fort Apache. Ariz. 
Baltimore. Md. 

Hot Springs. Ark. 
Augusta. Ga. 
Sausalito. Cal. 

Winthrop Sta.. Boston, Mass. 
Fort Barrancus. Fla. 
Fort Barry. Cal. 
Fort Bayard. X. M. 

Benicia. Cal. 
Indianapolis. Ind. 
Fort Bliss. Tex. 
Boise. Idaho 
Sault Ste. Marie. Mich. 
Brownsville. Texas 
Calexico, Cal. 
Ilwaco, Wash. 
Baltimore. Mcl. 
Fort Casey. Wash. 
Southport. X. C. 
Brackettville, Tex. 
Fort Columbia. Wash. 
Columbus Barracks. Ohio 
Columbus. X. M. 

Xew Castle. X. H. (Tel. and Exp., Ports- 
mouth ) 
Corpus Christi, Texas 
Galveston. Texas 
Fort Crook. Xeb. 
Fort Dade. Fla. (Exp.. Tampa) 
Fort D. A. Russell. Wyoming 
Delaware City. Del. 
Del Rio, Texas 

Fort Des Moines. Ia. (Exp.. Des Moines) 
Fort De Soto. Fla. (Exp.. Tampa) 
Alcatraz Island. Cal. (Tel. and Exp.. San 

Francisco ) 
Fort Leavenworth. Kan. 



5' 



Name of Station 




Disciplinary Barracks 


Fort Jay, New York, N. Y. (Tel., Gov- 




ernor's Island) 


Donna Garrison 


Donna, Texas 


Douglas Garrison 


Douglas, Arizona 


Douglas Fort 


Douglas Sta., Salt Lake City, Utah 


Du Pont, Fort 


Delaware City, Del. 


Eagle Pass Garrison 


Eagle Pass. Texas 


Edinburg Garrison 


Edinburg, Texas 


El Paso Garrison 


El Paso, Texas 


Ethan Allen, Fort 


Fort Ethan Allen, Vt. (Tel. and Exp., 




Essex Junction ) 


Flager, Fort 


Fort Flager, Wash. (Exp., Port Town- 




send) 


Foster, Fort 


Kittery, Me. (Tel. and Exp., Portsmouth) 


Frankford Arsenal 


Bridesburg, Philadelphia, Pa. (Tel. and 




Exp., Frankford) 


Front Royal 


Front Royal, Va. 


Gaines, Fort 


Dauphin Island, Ala. (Tel and Exp., 




Doden) 


George Wright, Fort 


Spokane, Wash. 


Getty, Fort 


Fort Greble, R. I. (Tel. and Exp., James- 




town) 


Governor's Island Garrison 


Governor's Island, N. Y. 


Greble, Fort 


Fort Greble, R. I. 


Hachita Garrison 


Hachita, N. M. 


Hamilton, Fort 


Fort Hamilton Sta., Brooklyn, N. Y. 


Hancock, Fort 


Fort Hancock, N. J. (Exp., Highlands) 


Harlingen Garrison 


Harlingen, Texas 


Heath, Fort 


Winthrop Sta., Boston, Mass. (Tel. and 




Exp., East Boston) 


H. G. Wright, Fort 


Fishers Island, N. Y. (Tel. and Exp., 




New London) 


Hidalgo Garrison 


Hidalgo, Texas (Tel. and Exp., McAllen) 


Howard, Fort 


Fort Howard, Md. (Tel. and Exp., Spar- 




rows Point) 


Huachuca, Fort 


Fort Huachuca, Ariz. 


Hunt, Fort 


Fort Hunt, Va. 


Jackson Barracks, Mo. 


New Orleans, La. 


Jay, Fort 


New York, N. Y. 


Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 


Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 


Keogh, Fort 


Miles City, Mont. 


Key West Barracks 


Key West, Florida 


Kingsville Garrison 


Kingsville, Texas 


Laredo Garrison 


Laredo, Texas 


Lawton, Fort 


Seattle, Wash. 


Leavenworth, Fort 


Forth Leavenworth, Kan. 


Levett, Fort 


Portland, Me. 



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Name of Station 



Address 



Lincoln. Fort 
Llano Grande Garrison 
Logan, Fort 
Logan H. Roots, Fort 
Lyon. Fort 
Mackenzie. Fort 
Madison Barracks 
Mansfield. Fort 
Marathon Garrison 
Marfa Garrison 
Mason, Fort 
McAllen Garrison 
McCoy, Camp 
McDowell 
Mcintosh. Fort 
McKinley. Fort 
McPherson, Fort 
McRee. Fort 
Meade, Fort 
Memphis Garrison 
Mercedes Garrison 
Michie. Fort (N. Y.) 
Miley. Fort 
Mission Garrison 
Mineola Garrison 
Missoula. Fort 
Monroe. Fort 
Morgan. Fort 
Mott, Fort 
Moultrie, Fort 
Myer, Fort 
Xaco Garrison 
New York Arsenal 
Niagara, Fort 
Nogales Garrison 
Oglethorpe. Fort 
Omaha. Fort 
Ontario, Fort 
Palm City Garrison 
Penitas Garrison 
Perry, Camp 
Pharr Garrison 
Philip Kearney 
Picatinny Arsenal 
Pickens, Fort 
Plattsburg Barracks 
Porter, Fort 



Bismark. N. D. 
Llano Grande, Texas 
Fort Logan, Colo. 
Argenta. Ark. 
Portland. Me. 
Fort Mackenzie. Wyo. 
Sackett Harbor, N. Y. 
Watch Hill. R. I. 
Marathon, Texas 
Marfa, Texas 
San Francisco. Cal. 
McAllen, Texas 
Sparta. Wis. 
Angel Island. Cal. 
Laredo. Texas 
—Portland, Ale. 
Fort McPherson, Ga. 
Fort Barrancas, Fla. 
Fort Meade. S. Dakota 
Memphis, Tenn. 
Mercedes, Texas 
New London, Conn. 
San Francisco, Cal. 
Mission, Texas 
Mineola. N. Y. 
Missoula, Mont. 
Fort Monroe, Ya. 
Fort Morgan. Ala. 
Salem. N. J. 
Moultreville, S. C. 
Fort Myer, Ya. 
Naco, Ariz. 
New York, N. Y. 
Youngstown. N. Y. 
Nogales. Ariz. 
Dodge, Ga. 
Omaha, Neb. 
Oswego, N. Y. 
Palm City, Cal. 
Penitas. Texas 
Camp Perry, Ohio 
Pharr, Texas 
Fort Greble. R. I. 
Dover, N. J. 
Fort Barrancas, Fla. 
Plattsburg. X. Y. 
Buffalo. N. V. 



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Name of Station 



Address 



Preble, Fort 
Presidio of Monterey 
Presidio of San Francisco 
Progresso Garrison 

Reno, Fort 

Revere, Fort 

Riley, Fort 

Ringgold, Fort 

Robinson, Fort 

Robinson, Camp 

Rock Island Arsenal 

Rodman, Fort 

Roma Garrison 

Rosecrans, Fort 

St. Philip, Fort 

Sam Houston, Fort 

San Antonio Arsenal 

San Benito Garrison 

San Diego Garrison 

Sandy Hook Proving 
Ground 

San Jacinto, Fort 

San Juan Garrison 

Schuyler, Fort 

Screven, Fort 

Sheridan, Fort 

Sill, Fort 

Slocum, Fort 

Smallwood, Fort 

Snelling, Fort 

Springfield Armory 

Standish, Fort 
Stark, Fort 
Stevens, Fort 
Strong, Fort 
Sumpter, Fort 
Taylor, Fort 
Terry, Fort 
Texas City 
Thomas, Fort 
Totten, Fort 
Travis, Fort 
Vancouver Barracks 
Wadsworth, Fort 
Walter Reed General 
Hospital, Washing- 
ton, D. C, 



Portland, Me. 
Presidio of Monterey, Cal. 
San Francisco, Cal. 
Relamago, Texas 
Fort Reno, Darlington, Okl 
Hull, Mass. 
Fort Riley, Kan. 
Fort Ringgold, Texas 
Fort Robinson, Neb. 
Sparta, Wis. 
Rock Island, 111. 
New Bedford, Mass. 
Roma, Texas 
San Diego, Cal. 
Fort St. Philip, La. 
Fort Sam Houston, Texas 
San Antonio, Texas 
San Benito, Texas 
San Diego, Cal. 

Fort Hancock, N. J. 
Galveston, Texas 
San Juan, Texas 
Westchester, N. Y. 
Fort Screven, Ga. 
Fort Sheridan, 111. 
Fort Sill, Okla. 
Fort Slocum, N. Y. 
Baltimore, Md. 
Fort Snelling, Minn. 
Springfield, Mass. 
Boston, Mass. 
Portsmouth, N. H. 
Fort Stevens, Ore. 
Boston, Mass. 
Moultrieville,S. C. 
Key West, Fla. 
Fort Terry, N. Y. 
Texas City, Texas 
Fort Thomas, Ky. 
Fort Totten, N. Y. 
Galveston, Texas 
Vancouver, Wash. 
Rosebank, N. Y. 

Takoma Park, D. C. 



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Xame of Station 

Ward. Fort 
Warren, Fort 
Warren Garrison 
Washington Barracks 
Washington. Fort 
Watertown Arsenal 
Watervilet Arsenal 
Wayne. Fort 
West Point (U. S. Mil- 
itary Academy) 
Wetherrill. Fort 
Whipple Barracks 
Whitman. Fort 
Winfield Scott. Fort 
Wood. Fort 
Worden. Fort 
Yuma Garrison 



Address 

Fort Ward. Wash. 
Boston. Mass. 
Warren. Ariz. 
Washington. D. C. 
Fort Washington. Md. 
Watertown. Mass. 
Watervilet. X. Y. 
Detroit. Mich. 

West Point. X. Y. 
Jamestown, R. I. 
Whipple Barracks. Ariz. 
LaConner. Wash. 
Fort Winfield Scott. Me. 
New York. X. Y. 
£ort-^ownsendr^Yash . 
Yuma. Ariz. 



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NAVAL STATIONS AND MARINE BARRACKS 



Algiers, La. 

Annapolis, Md. 

Arlington, Va. 

Astoria Island, Wash. 

Beaufort, N. C. 

Belmar, N. J. 

Boston, Mass. 

Bremerton, Wash. 

Brooklyn, (New York), N. Y. 

Cape May, N. J. 

Charleston, S. C. 

Cheslea, Mass. 

Chollas Heights. Cal. 

Diamond Shoals Lightship (Off Cape Hatteras) 

(Care L. H. Inspector, Baltimore, MdJU 
Dover, N. J. 

Farallon (Farollon Islands) 

(Care P. M., San Francisco, Cal.) 
Fire Island. Bay Shore, N. Y. 

Frying Pan Shoals Lightship (Off Cape Fear, N. C.) 

(Care L. H. Inspector, Charleston, S. C.) 
Great Lakes, 111. 
Gulport, Miss. 

Heald Bank Lightship, Galveston, Texas 

Hingham, Mass. 

Indianhead. Md. 

Iona Island, N. Y. 

Jupiter, Fla. 

Keyport, Wash. 

Key West, Fla. 

Las Animas, Colo. 

Loleta, Cal. 

Maiden, Mass. 

Mare Island. Vallejo, Cal. 

Marshfield, Ore. 

Miffin, Fort, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Nantucket Shoals Lightship (Off Newport, R. I.) 

(Care L. H. Tender. Woods Hole, Mass.) 
New Brunswick, N. J. 
New London, Conn. 
New Orleans. La. 
Newport, R. 1. 
Norfolk, Va. 
Norfolk, Ya. 
Norfolk, Ya. 
Norfolk, Ya. 



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North Head, Wash. 
North Truro, Mass. 
Pelham, N. Y. 
Pensacola, Fla. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Point Arguello, Cal. 
Point Isabel, Texas 
Point Loma, Cal. 
Portland, Me. 

Port Royal (Paris Island), S. C. 
Portsmouth, N. H. 
Quantico, Va. 
Radio, Va. 

Sackett Harbor, N. Y. 
St. Augustine, Fla. 
San Diego, Cal. 
San Francisco, Cal. 
Sayville, (L. I.), N. Y. 
Tatoosh Island, Wash. 
Tuckerton, N. J. 
Washington, D. C. 
Wellfleet, Mass. 
Winthrop, Md. 



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HONOR ROLL — KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 

John R. Skeehan 
Joseph E. McGuire 
Frank Mangan 
S. A. Gabrish 
William J. Jackson 
Joseph E. Ritzer 
Hugh McLinden 
Arthur R. Murphy 
John P. McMahon 
John J. Kilcullen 
Julius Heylman 
John F. Feehan 
Joseph F. Connolly 
Frank J. McGuill 
Lawrence J. Bailey 
Harold Yogel 



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HONOR ROLL— IMPERIAL GLASS COMPANY 

John Vezzetti August Arrigo 

John Popson John McCloskey 

Michael Lombardo George Muckle 

Frank Protin Madoline Depaul 

John Paltry Louis Dordain 

Frank Lubinski Wm. W. Booth 

Tames Houston Tames Palfrv 



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HONOR ROLL— CHARLEROI LODGE NO. 103, 
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE. 



Ora Anderson 


Joseph Harosfsky 


C. M. Velletay 


Rob't O'Neill 


Enoch Davis 


Wm. Spridik 


Win. Schmalvach 


Frank Parise 


Stanley Gabrisk 


Bartolia Bricatio 


Pete Pagani 


H. A. Mariani 


Pete Russel 


Jules Larue 


Oscar Haas 


John Boleski 


Elmer Tomlinson 


Frank Franz 


John E. Caleffie 


B. Apronesevicz 


Fred Williams 


^Wm. C. Barrass 


C. R. Furnier 


John Tchoryk 


Thos. Baker 


Louis Hantusie 



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HONOR ROLL (December 1st, 1917) 

Members of Charleroi Lodge No. 615 A. F. & A. M. now 
serving their country in the service of the 
United States Army : 

Charles F. Baker 

Roy I. Carson 

James Russell Carroll 

Joseph L. Gass 

John Hewlitt 

Charles Eoff Moody 

Edwin McKay, M. D., Captain 

Harry Joseph Repman, M. D., Major 

John B. G. Roberts 

John Vantz 

James Albert Wilson 

Harry Keith Campbell 

Tom A. Morrison 



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HONOR ROLL— McKEAN COMMANDRY NO. 80 K. T. 

Em. Sir Harry J. Repman, M. D. 
(Major) 

Sir Edwin McKay,, M. D. 
(Captain) 

Sir Wm, D. Hunter, M. D. 
(Captain) 

Sir George K. Hayes. M. D. 

Sir Arthur R. Wilson. M. D. 

Sir Frank H. Hamilton 

Sir Arthur A. Moore 

Sir J. Russell Carroll 

Sir Joseph Vantz 

Sir John Anderson 

Sir Harry Keith Campbell 

Sir Edward F. O'Neil 

Sir Tom A. Mosier 



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Henry Lowstuter, Engineers. 
Ralph Williamson, Engineers 
Myron Jobes, Engineers 
Charles Meade, Base Hospital. 
Arden Calvert, Med. Casual Dept. 
Lieut. James Wagner, Com. Dept 
Walter Bromwich, Engineers 
Sergt. Jennings Ritchey, Engineers. 
Charles Pollock, Marines. 
Fred Ohlinger, Infantry. 
Lieut. Edwin Patton, Infantry. 
Lieut. Albert Wilson, Infantry. 
Lieut. John Piersol, Artillery. 
Lieut. Harry McDermott, Infantry 
Sergt. Ralph Malcolm, Supply Dept 
Sergt. Earl Geho, Supply Dept 
Lieut. Roy Carson, Off. Tr. Corps 
Sergt. John Clutter, Off. Tr. Corps. 
Harry Worthington, Marines. 
Earl Wagner, Infantry. 
Roland Greenawald, Off. Tr. Corps 
Albert Lutes, Infantry. 
Marion Kinder, Military Police. 
Bannister Roberts, Infantry. 
Harold Metz, Base Hospital. 
Edward Lowstuter, Aviation Corps. 
William Booth, Aiation Corps. 
Sergt. Aubrey Clerihue, 225th Aero 

Squadron. 
Lieut. John R. Gant. 
Jessie Ritchie. 

♦Killed in Fran. 



Thomas Jeffreys, Aero Squadron. 
George Treasure, Aero Squadron. 
Keith Campbell, Aero Squardon. 
Corp. John Sueers, Aero Squadron. 
Sergt. Ray Speers, Aero Squadron. 
Paul Nutt, Aero Squadron. 
Joseph H. Pearson, Aero Squadron. 
Thomas Phillips, Aero Squadron. 
John Parkins, Aero Squadron. 
Corp. Harry Swickey, Aero Squadron. 
John Hess, Aviation Corps. 
Corp. Charles Jones, Balloon Squadron. 
Robert Jones, Engineers. 
Lieut. Shaner Blythe, Dental Re- 
serves. 

Lieut. Paul Trnavsky, Dental Re- 
serves. 

Thomas Mosier, Ordnance Corps. 
Jacob Mitchell, M. D., Medical Re- 
serve. 

Lieut. Boyd Crawford, U. S. Engs.* 
Corporal Carl McGuire, Machine Gun 
Co. 

Homer Whitehead, Infantry. 
John Lutes, Neval Reserve. 
Riley Deaterly, Infantry. 
Henry Primas. 
Wilson Primas. 

Edwin Eason, R. R. Engineers. 
Leland McKenna, Hospital School. 
Bruce Smith. 
E. E. Hickey. 
May 8, 1918. 



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HONOR ROLL— WASHINGTON CAMP NO. 
PATRIOTIC SONS OF AMERICA 

Wm. Richard Jennings 
Dick Trinder 
George Osborne 
James Rucroft 
Harry Worthington 
Wm. Myrtle 



JOHN VEZZETTI 
Rehula Studio 



Elite Studio 




HONOR ROLL— MACBETH-EVANS GLASS COMPANY 



Bronze Aponeswiz 


Egnus Kavalusk 


Thos. Baker 


Rudolph Lukens 


James Bfythe 


Kules Matthews 


Ben Bova 


Angelo Mariana 


Michael Buracyisky 


Alike Mino 


Walter Bromwich 


Louis Mollitt 


John Budie 


Henry Mesler 


John Brosick 


Joe Maciak 


Alex. Cadviocki 


John Malls 


Geo. Clement 


Andy Nandor 


Joe Cardinale 


Thomas Prescott 


William Donahue 


John Pavelchak 


Harry Dickson 


John Pakash 


Henry Decker 


Chas. Pekosky 


James Fleming 


Alex. Queer 


Frank French 


Wm. Roberts 


Glenn Flood 


Taefel Rychart 




JLJo. 1 1 UZ.ld 


Leo Gillet 


Richard Trinder 


John Goffert 


B. Usakavish 


Chas. Gadosy 


John Vasetti 


George Hersche 


Leory Weaver 


James Hersche 


S. Yeesop 


David Johns 





HONOR ROLL— PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO. 

Claude Hall 
Ben Sappie 
Mike Madzie 
Mike Cubis 
Albert Osborne 
Brooks Maker 
John Stovalt 
Theodore Parker 
Wilson Conaway 
Joseph Mishon 
O. J. Jones 
William Kromer 
Charles Roberts 
John Sowell 
George Johnston 
Joseph Harshofsky 
James Maksora 



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HONOR ROLL — FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 

Roy S. Crawford, Lieut. 

Harold R. Toner. Battery D., Troop H.. 19th Cav. 

Clyde Strausser. 18th Co., Bat. 22 L. 

Ralph Malcolm. Truck Co. 4. Div. Train 308. 

Harry J. Repman. M. D., Major. 322 Field Artillery 

Everett Hornell, 2nd Cavalry 

Thos. Mosier 

Seward Might 

Smith Frye 

Henry L. Spence. 11th Cav., Troop B 
William Spidik, Truck Co. Xo. 4 
Earl Strausser 

Albert Wilson. Lieut.. 78th Field Artillery 
Leroy Weaver 
Leo Denemire 

James Geekie— Died March 21. 1918. 



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HONOR ROLL 

Members of Charleroi Aerie No. 390, Fraternal Order of 
Eagles of Charleroi, Pa., in the Service : 

S. A. Gabrish 
Louis Hantisse 
Michael Lombardo 
August Lacrocq 
Robert O'Neill 
Patrick Giimore 
J. D. Schaffer 
W. L. Schmalbach 
C. M. Vallattay 
J. C. Newton 
Peter Pagani 
H. E. Arnold 
Joseph Young 
A. J. Oates 
P. J. Collins 
Russell McMurdo 
H. J. Schmid 



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HONOR ROLL— CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH 

Harry Worthington 
George Vetter 
John Kulow 
Ross Gullingham 
Joseph Harhopsky 
Paul George 
Walter Pieper 



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HONOR ROLL— VALLEY ECHO COMMANDERY 
KNIGHTS OF MALTA 

Joseph H. Pearson 
Harry Keith Campbell 
Arch J. Livingstone 
Arvi M, Robertson 
Henry L. Spence 
Elmer Tomlinson 
Wilson Piper 
Harold Metz 
Wm. E. Dickson 
Charles Eneix 
Wm. McClurg 
Roy Hixson 
Leroy Morris 
Henry Lowstutter 
Edward Lowstutter 
William T. Middleton 
Shanor R. Blythe 

Thomas Tomlinson — Died in the service. 



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JAMES PALFREY 
Rehula Studio 



JACK KAUPP 




FULL TEXT OF THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS, 
JANUARY 8, 1918 

Gentlemen of the Congress: 

Once more, as repeatedly before the spokesmen of the Central 
Empires have indicated their desire to discuss the objects of the war 
and the possible basis of a general peace. Parleys have been in prog- 
ress at Brest-Litovsk between Russian representatives and those of the 
Central Powers to which the attention of all the belligerents have been 
invited for the purpose of ascertaining whether it ma}- be possible to 
extend these parleys into general conference with regard to terms of 
peace and settlement. The Russian representatives presented not only 
a perfectly definite statement of the principles upon which they would 
be willing to conclude peace, but also an equally definite program of 
the concrete application of these principles. 

The representatives of the Central Powers, on their part, pre- 
sented an outline of settlement which, if much less definite, seemed 
susceptible of liberal interpretation until their specific program of 
practical terms was added. That program proposed no concessions at 
all either to sovereignity of Russia or to the preferences of the popula- 
tion with whose fortunes it dealt but meant, in a word, that the Central 
Empires were to keep every foot of territory their armed forces had 
occupied — ever}- province, every city, every point of vantage — a perma- 
nent addition to their territories and their powers. 

It is a reasonable conjecture that the general principles of settle- 
ment which then at first suggested originated with the more liberal 
statesmen of Germany and Austria, the men who have begun to feel 
the force of their own people's thought and purpose, while the con- 
crete terms of actual settlement came from the military leaders, who 
have not thought but to keep what they have got. The negotiations 
have been broken off. The Russian representatives were sincere and 
in earnest. They cannot entertain such proposals of conquest and 
domination. 

WHO IS SPEAKING 

The whole incident is full of significance. It is also full of per- 
plexity. With whom are the Russian representatives dealing? For 
whom are the representatives of the Central Empires speaking? Are 
they speaking for the majorities of their respective Parliaments or for 
the minority parties, that military and imperialistic minority which 
has so far dominated the whole policy and controlled the affairs of 
Turkey and of the Balkan States which have felt obliged to become 
their associates in this war? The Russian representatives have in- 
sisted, very justly, very wisely, and in the spirit of modern democracy, 
that the conference they have been holding with the Teutonic and 
Turkish statesmen should be held within open, not closed doors, and 
all the world has been audience, as was desired. To whom have we 
been listening, then? To those who speak the spirit and intention of 



the resolution of the German Reichstag of July 9, last, the spirit and 
intention of the liberal leaders and parties of Germany, or to those 
who resist and defy that spirit and intention and insist upon conquest 
and subjugation? Or are we listening, in fact to both, unreconciled 
and in open and hopeless contradiction? These are very serious and 
pregnant questions. Upon the answer to them depends the peace of 
the world. 

But whatever the results of the parleys at Brest-Litovsk, whatever 
the confusions of counsel and of purpose in the utterances of the 
spokesmen of the Central Empires, they have again attempted to 
acquaint the world with their objects in the war and have again chal- 
lenged their adversaries to say what their objects are and what sort 
of settlement they would deem just and satisfactory. There is no good 
reason why that challenge should not be responded to, and responded 
to with the utmost candor. We did not wait for it. Not once, but again 
and again, we have laid out whole thought, and purpose before the 
world, not in general terms only, but each time with sufficient defini- 
tion to make it clear what sort of definite terms of settlement must 
necessarily spring out of them. 

UP TO GERMANY 

Within the last week Lord George has spoken with admirable 
candor and an admirable spirit for the people and Government of 
Great Britain. There is no confusion of counsel among the adversaries 
of the Central Powers, no uncertainty of principle, no valueness of 
detail. The only secrecy of counsel, the only lack of fearless frank- 
ness, the only failure to make definite statement of the objects of the 
war, lies with Germany and her Allies. The issues of life and death 
hang upon these definitions. No statesman who has the least con- 
ception of his responsibility ought for a moment to permit himself to 
continue this tragical and appalling outpouring of blood and treasure 
unless he is sure beyond peradventure that the objects of the vital 
sacrifice are part and parcel of the very life of society and that the 
people for whom he speaks think them right and imperative as he does. 

There is, moreover, a voice calling for these definitions of prin- 
ciple and of purpose which is, it seems to me, more thrilling and more 
compelling than any of the many moving voices with which the trou- 
bled air of the world is thrilled. It is the voice of the Russian people. 
They are prostrate and all but helpless, it would seem, before the grim 
power of Germany, which has hitherto known no relenting and no pity. 
Their power, apparently, is shattered. And yet their soul is not sub- 
servient. They will not yield either in principle or in action. Their 
conception of what is right, or what it is humane and honorable for 
them to accept, has been stated with a frankness, a largeness of view, 
a generosity of spirit and a universal human sympathy which must 
challenge the admiration of every friend of mankind, and they have 
refused to compound their deals or desert others that they themselves 
may be safe. They call our purpose and our spirit different from theirs, 



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and I believe that the people of the United States would wish me to 
respond with utter simplicity and frankness. Whether their present 
leaders believe or not, it is our heartfelt desire to assist the people of 
Russia to attain their utmost hope of liberty and ordered peace. 

NO SECRET TALK 

It will be our wish and purpose that the processes of peace, when 
they are begun, shall be absolutely open and that they shall involve 
and permit henceforth no secret understandings of an}" kind. The day 
of conquest and aggrandizement is gone by. so is also the day of 
secret covenants entered into in the interest of particular Governments 
and likely at some unlooked-for moment to upset the peace of the 
world. It is this happy fact, now clear to the view of every public 
man whose thoughts do not still linger in an age that is dead and 
gone, which makes it possible for ever}- Nation whose purposes are 
consistent with justice and the peace of the world to avow now or at 
any other time the objects it has in view. - 

We entered this war because violations of right had occurred 
which touched us to the quick and made the life of our own people 
impossible unless they were corrected and the world secured once for 
all against their recurrence. What we demand in this war. therefore, 
is nothing peculiar to ourselves. It is that the world be made fit and 
safe to live in. and particularly that it be made safe for every peace- 
loving Nation, which, like our own, wishes to live its own life, determ- 
ine its own institutions, be assured of justice and fair dealing by the 
other peoples of the world as against force and selfish aggression. All 
the peoples of the world are in effect partners in this interest and for 
our own part we see very clearly that unless justice be done to others 
it will not be done to us. The program of the world's peace, therefore, 
is our program, and that program, the only possible program, as we 
see it. is this: 

THE WAY TO PEACE 

I — Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at. after which there 
shall be no private international understandings of any kind, but 
diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view. 

II — Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside terri- 
torial waters, alike peace and in war, except as the seas may be closed 
in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of inter- 
national covenants. 

III — The removal, as far as possible, of all economic barriers and 
the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all nations 
consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance. 

IV — Adequate guarantee given and taken that national armaments 
will be reduced to the lowest consistent with domestic safety. 

V — A free, open-minded and absolutely impartial adjustment of 
all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle 
that in determining all such questions of sovereignity the interest of the 



So 



populations concerned must have equal weight with the equitable 
claims of the Government whose title is to be determined. 

VI — The evacuation of all Russian territory and such a settlement 
of all questions affecting Russia as well secure the best and freest 
co-operation of the other nations of the world in obtaining for her an 
unhampered and unembarrassed opportunity for the independent de- 
termination of her own political development and national policy, and 
assure her of a sincere welcome into the society of free nations under 
institutions of her own choosing; and, more than welcome, assistance 
also of every kind that she may need and may herself desire. The 
treatment accorded Russia by her sister nations in the months to come 
will be the acid test of their good will, of their own interest, and of 
their intelligent and unselfish sympathy. 

VII — Belgium, the whole world will agree, must be evacuated and 
restored, without any attempt to limit the sovereignity which she 
enjoys in common with all other free nations. No other single act will 
serve as this will serve to restore confidence among the nations in the 
laws which they have themselves set and determined for the govern- 
ment of their relations with one another. Without this healing act 
the whole structure and validity of international law is forever im- 
paired. 

VIII — All French territory should be freed and the invaded portion 
restored, and the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the 
matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled the peace of the world 
for nearly fifty years, should be righted, in order that peace may once 
more be made secure in the interest of all. 

IX — A readjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be affected 
along clearly recognizable lines of nationality. 

X — The peoples of Austria-Hungary, whose place among the 
nations we wish to see safe-guarded and assured, should be accorded 
the freest opportunity of autonomous development. 

XI — Rumania, Serbia and Montenegro should be evacuated; occu- 
pied territories restored; Serbia accorded free and secure access to 
the sea; and the relations of the several Balken States to one another 
determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of 
allegience and nationality ; and international guarantees of the political 
and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several 
Balken States should be entered into. 

XII — The Turkish portions of the present Ottoman Empire should 
be assured a secure sovereignity, but the other nationalities which 
are now under Turkish rule should be assured on undoubted security 
of life and an absolutely unmolested opportunity of autonomous devel- 
opment, and the Dardanelles should be permanently opened as a free 
passage to the ships and commerce of all nations under internationat 
guarantee. 

XIII — An independence Polish State should be erected which 
should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish popula- 
tions which should be assured a free and secure access to the sea, and 



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whose political and economic independence and territorial integrity 
should be guaranteed by international covenant. 

XIV — A general association of nations must be formed under spe- 
cific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantee of polit- 
ical independence and territorial integrity to great and small States 
alike. 

UNITED WE STAND 

In regard to these essential rectifications of wrong and assertions 
of right we feel ourselves to be intimate partners of all the Govern- 
ments and peoples associated together against the imperialists. We 
cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand to- 
gether until the end. 

For such arrangements and covenants we are willing to fight and 
to continue' to light until the}' are achieved, but only because we wish 
the right to prevail and desire a just and stable peace such as can be 
secured only by removing the chief provocations to war, which this 
program does remove. German greatness, and there is nothing in this 
program that impairs it. We grudge her no achievement or distinc- 
tion of learning or of pacific enterprise such as have made her record 
very bright and very available. We do not wish to injure her or to 
block in any way her legitimate influence or power. We do not wish 
to fight her either with arms or with hostile arrangements of trade, 
if she is willing to associate herself with us and the other peace-loving 
nations of the world in covenants of justice and law and fair dealing. 
We wish her only to accept a peace of equality among the peoples of 
the world — the new world in which we now live — instead of a place 
of master}-. Neither do we presume to suggest to her any atleration 
or modification of her institutions, but it is necessary, we must say 
frankly. and necessary as a preliminary to any intelligent dealings 
with her on our part, that we should know whom her spokesmen speak 
for when they speak to us. whether for the Reichstag majority or for 
the military party, and the men whose creed is imperial domination. 

We have spoken now. surely, in terms too concrete to admit of 
any further doubt or question. An evident principle runs through the 
whole program I have outlined. It is the principle of justice to all 
peoples and nationalities and their rights to live on equal terms of 
liberty and safety with one another, whether they be strong or weak. 
Unless this principle be made its foundation no part of the structure 
of international justice can stand. The people of the United States 
could act upon no other principle, and to the vindication of this prin- 
ciple they are ready to devote their lives, their honor and everything 
that they possess. The moral climax of this, the culminating and 
final war for human liberty, has come and they are ready to put their 
own strength, their own highest purpose, their own integrity and devo- 
tion to the test. 

WOODROW WILSON, 

President. 



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HONOR ROLL— VIKING CLUB 

George Vetter 
James Wagner, Lieut. 
Wilson Conaway 
Thomas Jeffries 
Aubrey Clerihue 



HONOR ROLL 
THE ALPHA PHI BETA FRATERNITY 



John Barr 
Roy I. Carson £ 
Strauss Farrell 
John R. Gaut, Lieut. 
John Newlett 
John O'Neil 
Jesse Ritchey 
J. B. Roberts 



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HONOR ROLL 
of the 

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 



Richard Trinder 


LeRoy Morris 


Don. M. Allen 


James Downer 


Theo. De Camp 


Jennings Richie 


Earl Hott 


John Hennstin 


Leroy Carson 


Homer Burke 


Wilbur Fletcher 


Robert Jack 


Charles Baker 


John Ellenberger 


Fa. Geho 


T 1_ T7 _ 1 XT 1 „ 

John Fail FLughes 


Clarence Jacobs 


Wesley Peters 


Aubrey Clerihue 


John Reilly 


Harry Geho 


J. W. Mitchell, M. D 


Clarence Jenkins 


John O. Shooks 


Charles Fear 


John Houston 


Frank Taylor 


John Connell 


Jack Hewitt 


George Trinder 


Jules La Rue 


Walter Stroud 


M. C. Stalhman 


Thomas Middleton 


William Mathias 





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LIST OF "FOUR MINUTE MEN" 

eaking by the authority and under the direction of the 
Committee of Public Information, Washington, D. C. 

Hugh E. Fergus, Esq., Chairman 

H. J. Booth 

J. B. Tussing 

D. R. Hormell 

Thos. L. Pollock 

S. D. Hill 

R. G. Knight 

C. E. Presho 

Guy Moffitt, Esq. 

Thos. H. Warrensford 

Wm. R. Gaut 

Robt. J. Whitehead 

J. D. Berryman 

Roland W. Brown 

W. D. Pollock 



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"FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHT" 

Hark! the bugle call is sounding, 

And in answer to the strain, 
Men enlist from town and city, 

From hilltop and from plain; 
To uphold "Old Glory's" honor, 

And the cause of liberty; 
To fight for justice and the right, 

That the whole world may be freel 

Chorus: 

'Mid the roar of cannon's rattle, 

I am thinking, home, of thee, 
And the dear ones left behind me, 

In that land across the sea; 
But I'm fighting for "Old Glory," 

That lov'd emblem of "the free," 
And I'll do my bit, with true Yankee grit, 

In the cause of liberty. 

See the mighty host that gathers, 

Unified in thought and deed, 
Eager to protect the nation, — 

To supply the country's need; 
Leaving mother, home and dear ones, 

Singing to forget their pain; 
Thinking nothing of tomorrow, 

Chanting ever this refrain: 

Chorus: — 'Mid the roar, etc. 

Words by Music by 

ITHEL BERWYN DANIEL, IORWERTH TYDFIL DANIEL 
Utica, N. Y. Charleroi, Pa. 



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OUTCLASSED 



The devil sat by the lake of fire, 

On a pile of sulphur kegs; 
His head was bowed upon his breast. 

His tail between his legs. 

A look of shame was on his face, 

The sparks dripped from his eyes; 

He had sent in his resignation 
To the throne up in the skies. 

"I'm down and out," the devil said; 

He said it with a sob; 
"There are others who outclass me, 

And I want to quit my job. 

"Hell isn't in it with the land 
That lies along the Rhine; 
I'm a 'has-been' and a 'piker,' 
And, therefore, I resign. 

"Those amunition slingers, 

With their bloody shot and shell, 
Know more about damnation 
Than all the imps of hell. 

"Give my job to Kaiser Wilhelm, 
And the Army of the Rhine, 
Von Tirpitz or Von Hindenburg, 
Or some such child of mine. 

"I hate to leave the old home, 
The spot I love so well; 
But I feel I'm not quite up-to-date 

In the art of running hell." — Anonymous. 



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HONOR ROLL 
ST. JEROME'S CHURCH 
May 12, 1918. 

Following are the names of the young men of St. Jerome's Church 
whose names have been placed on the Honor Roll, and for whom a 
Service Flag was blessed on Sunday afternoon, after a parade in 
which not only all the organizations of the church took part, but like- 
wise many of the civic organizations of the borough. There are 71 
names on the list, indeed a roll of honor, of which the congregation 
of the church, as well as the people of Charleroi have every reason 
to be proud. The names are as follows: 



-L I dllLlo DC/.J 


1 Uilll J. VI. \_ V_T 1 1 1 L y 


Tnhn P Rrnwn 

J Willi -L . JLJ 1 KJ V\ 11 


John H. Newman 


-L/CWCS Del LI dill 


To nil \T R'wfon 
J Willi i\ C w tun 


Tv 3 r 1~ 1 p \r Kiirk" 

i_>cLlLlC_y J-> Ll 1 IV 


Francis O'Rourke 


-L/dlliCllCC X-><xY\.\Zy 


A n rl r f w O atpe 


.UdUl C1ILC V^UollCl , 


D e n n i s O a t e s 


VV lllldlll UUU1LC1 


HT Vi n m u q O afpc 

X IIWIIICLO V-/dL\^0 


jcii_y v^diisiii 


T It n m as Prp^rntt 

l liuillaj JL 1 ^ o v w L L 


1 IlOllldi) V^dl I Ull 


TnQPnn R it7Pr 

1 WO\~Lyll 1V1LAL1 


John Carroll 


H rl "vajq vr\ T?it7Pr 
J_V UWal U XV 1 L Z. C 1 


\A/ 1 1 1 1 q m I lQ\rpir 
VV lllldlll UdVCy 


Thomas Rosbottom 


Louis D o r d a m 


William Schmallbach 


XvUldllU _T 1U11I 


Clarence Velletay 


J UoCpil L 1UUU 


nenry vveisn 


William Flood 


Earl Wagner 


v^iidi ics rv. r ciuici 


George F. Wentzel 


T/~\li-n T? Tr^irllpT* 
JUllll Xv. J7 C1U.1C1 


Louis Deleau 


John Feehan 


Joseph Kirschner 


Roland J. Greenwald 


Erhart Kirschner 


John Gallagher 


Daniel Rock 


James Gallagher 


Samuel Marmina 


Louis Hantisse 


Raymond Pardiny 


Vitus Kubina 


Robert McCurry 


William Ludwig 


Leopold Schwaed 


Andrew E. Lessman 


Frank Buchanan 


John Lentz 


Edward Webster 


Frank Mangan 


James Oates 


Thomas Mangan 


Wm. J. Adamson 


William Moore 


Ambrose Dooley 


John Martinet 


Joseph Alterice 


John McMahan 


Louis Alterice 


Earl McGuire 


Rudolph Sechez 


Carl McGuire 


Barney Perkosky 


Henry McDermott 


Louis Renaldo 


Joseph McCann 


Edward Reardon 


Frank McGuill 





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THOS. MAN6AN 
Rehula Studio 



JAMES WELCH 
Elite Studio 




PLEDGE OF LOYALTY 
AND SERVICE 
TO MY COUNTRY AND CIVILIZATION 

I PLEDGE MYSELF to keep informed on the causes and progress 
of the war so that I may be a reliable source of information and 
influence for MY COUNTRY. 

I PLEDGE MYSELF to be alert to the danger of disloyalty of act 
of speech in native or alien, and to report such to the proper 
authorities of MY COUNTRY. 

I PLEDGE TO HELP establish public opinion in favor of complete 
co-operation in every endeavor to win the war for MY COUNTRY. 

I PLEDGE MYSELF to be careful of speech and not to repeat any 
rumors that tend to discourage the efforts in the prosecution of 
the war of MY COUNTRY. 

I PLEDGE MYSELF cheerfully to change my habits of living so far 
as necessary, in order to comply with any request of MY 
COUNTRY. 

I PLEDGE MYSELF to economize in the expenditure of money in 
order that I may financially aid MY COUNTRY. 

I PLEDGE MYSELF to support the War Loans of MY COUNTRY. 

I PLEDGE MYSELF to be a friend and comforter to the families 
of those who, at home and abroad, are carrying the burdens of 
MY COUNTRY. 

I PLEDGE MYSELF to a larger endeavor, so that production may 
not fall short as a result of the absence of those who have gone 
in the service of MY COUNTRY. 

I PLEDGE MYSELF to meet the successes and failures of the war 
with patience, calmness and confidence for the sake of MY 
COUNTRY. 



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WHEN YOU AND I GO OVER, PAL 



They are calling out the men, pal, 
They are calling them today; 

They have drilled them into soldiers, 
And they're sending them away. 

And they'll soon be after us, pal, 

And glad will be the day, 
When you and I pack up our duds, 

And proudly march away. 

For they'll drill us into soldiers, pal, 

And make real men of us, 
And we'll be glad to lead a band, 

To settle up this fuss. 

And the Kaiser and his armies, 
We will drive them into Hell, 

For the "Star-Spangled Banner" 
Stands for God, and all is well. 

And when they cheer for us, pal. 

Our feet will be in clover, 
For surely they'll remember us, 

When you and I go over. 

— Anonymous. 



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AMERICAN RED CROSS 
Charleroi Chapter 



OFFICERS AND 


DIRECTORS 


M. B. Richardson, Secretary 


Dr. F. C. Stahlman 


H. J. Booth, President 


Jack M. Teitelbaum 


K. W. Daly 


J. D. Berryman 


Walter Byerly 


J. M. Fleming 


C. J. Mogan 


Mrs. W. B. Pfleghardt 


C. R. Peregrine 


W. H. Milliken 


Mrs. V. Stewart 


Mrs. W. C. Clark 


Mrs. R. C. Mountser 


Miss Lela Nutt 


D. M. McCloskey 


W. R. Gaut 


Mrs. J. T. S. Cowan 


Eugene Fau 


Rev. J. R. Burson 


John B. Schafer 


S. D. Hill 


T. H. Warrensford 


Harry W. Scott 


S. W. Sharpnack, Treasurer 


W. S. James 


R. II. Rush, Vice-President 


W. D. Pollock 


Jas. Heffran 


Mrs. A. O. Davis 


D. R. Hormell 


J. J. Hott 


D. H. Glunt 


George W. Might 


David Worthington 


Dr. J. W. Hunter 


John Crawford 


Lee Showers 


C. W. Hall 


Dr. J. W. Manon 


W. W. Wallace 



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ONLY A VOLUNTEER 

(Joseph Lynch, 1st Colorado Cavalry.) 



Why didn't I wait to be drafted, 
And be led to the train by a band, 
And put in a claim for exemption? 
Oh! Why, did I hold up my hand? 
Why didn't I wait for the banquet? 
Why didn't I wait to be cheered? 
For the drafted men get the credit 
While I merely volunteered. 

And nobody gave me a banquet, 
And nobody said a kind word. 
The grind of the wheels of the engine 
Was all the goodby that I heard. 
Then off to the camp I was hustled 
To be trained for the next half year. 
And then in the shuffle forgotten — ■ 
I was only a Volunteer. 

And maybe some day in the future 
W'hen my little boy sits on my knee, 
And asks what I did in the conflict, 
And his little eyes look up to me, 
I will have to look back as I'm blushing 
To the eyes that so trustingly peer 
And tell him I missed being drafted 
I was only a Volunteer. 



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HONOR ROLL 
FIFTH STREET SCHOOL 



It is indeed a splendid roll of honor which the Fifth Street School 
of Charleroi commemorates with its great service flag, upon which 
are the names of over one hundred of Charleroi's choicest young 
men, who have answered the call to the colors, for service in the 
military branches of the United States. It is a roll of which any 
school might be proud, and it is no wonder that the teachers and 
pupils, of "Fifth Street" show every respect to this emblem, which 
will hold a prominent place in the building until the boys come home. 
The names of those who were thus honored is as follows: 



Booth, William 


Hott, George (Corp.) 


Brigode, Vernon 


Huston, James 


Blythe, Shanor R. (Lieut.) 


Hantassie, Louis 


Brothers, George 


Harhofsky, Joseph 


Brothers, Michael 


Hudspith, Harry 


Brown, John 


Hudspith, George 


Baxter, John 


Jackson, William 


Bege, John 


Jackson, James 


Bord, Harry 


Jeffries, Thomas 


Crawford, Boyd (Lieut.) 


Jobes, Myron 


Clerihue, Aubrey 


Jones, Charles 


Campbell, Keith 


Jones, Robert 


Conaway, Wilson 


Kulow, John 


Carson, Leroy 


Kulow, Ralph 


Carson, Roy I. (Sergt.) 


Kershner, Erhart 


Clutter, John (Sergt.) 


Kinder, Marion 


Cosner, Lawrence 


Kavanaugh, Paul 


Clement, George 


Lowstutter, Henry 


Carroll, John 


Lowstutter, Edward 


Carroll, Thomas 


Loman, Frank 


Cordes, Kenneth 


Laure, Joseph 


Cordes, William 


Laure, Frank 


Calvert, Arden 


Laure, Jules 


Denemer, Leo 


Mosier, Thomas 


Eneix, Charles 


Malcolm, Ralph 


Furio, Albert 


Michener, Earl 


Fiedler, Richard 


Michener, George 


Fiedler, Charles 


McDermott, Harry (Lieut.) 


Flood, Glenn 


McCann, Melford 


Gaut, Carroll (Lieut.) 


Marrow, Eugene 


Gaut, John (Lieut.) 


McGuire, Carl 


Greenwald, Roland 


McGuire, Earl 


Geekie, James 


Mathias, William 


Hormell, Everett 


Mitchell, Jacob, M. D. 


Hersche, James 


McKenna, Leland 



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Molinatto. Pete 
Monnato. Angelo 
Xutt. Paul 
O'Rourke. Francis 
Ohlinger. Fred 
Osborne. George 
Pearson. Joseph 
Pollock. Charles 
Primas, Henry 
Primas, Wilson 
Piersol. John (Lieut. ) 
Patton. Edwin (Lieut.) 
Prescott, Thomas 
Piccanotti. Joseph 
Ritzer. Joseph 
Richard. George 
Richey. Jesse 

Richie. Jennings (Sergt-.}— - 
Rosbottom. Thomas 
Roberts. Bannister 
Strausser. Earl 



Strauser. Clyde 
Smith. Bruce 
Sweeney. Samuel 
Speer, Ray 
Speer. John 
Swickey. Harry 
Stone, Harry 
Taylor, Frank 
Trvnask}*. Paul (Lieut. ) 
Turnbull. Adam 
Vetter. George 
Yelletta}-, Clarence 
Wagner, Earl 
Williamson. Ralph 
Worthington, Harry 
Wilson. Albert 
Wagner. James (Lieut.) 
Walsh. Eilvernis 
Wentzel. George 
Webster. 



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FRANCIS 
Babbitt Studio 



O'ROURKE 



FRANK PROTIN 
Babbitt Studio 




LIBERTY LOAN FOUR-MINUTE SPEECH CONTEST 

On Thursday evening. April IS. a very interesting event occurred 
in the High School Auditorium, when thirty-one members of the 
various classes participated in the contest for the best Four-Minute 
Speech on the Third Liberty Loan. Four prizes, aggregating fifty 
dollars. were offered by the local Liberty Loan Committee. The 
Board of Judges comprised of Byron E. Tombaugh. "Washington: 
Joseph A. Herron. Monongahela. and Gilbert E. Koedel. Donora. 
performed its duties in a satisfactory manner. The contest was 
exceedingly close, but the judges were unanimous in the conclusion 
at which the}- finally arrived. Ralph Wick. '18. was announced as 
winner of the first prize, which was S20.00. The second prize. $15.00. 
was awarded to Miss Ruth Swickey. T9. John Pollock. '18. captured 
third prize. $10.00. and Miss Olive McKay. '21. the fourth, which was 
S5.00. The following students entered the contest, all of whom de- 
rived both pleasure and profit from their experience: Henry Golle. 
Edith Piersol. Arthur Paluse. Evelyn Warrensford. Ruth Swickey. 
Christopher Mogan. Dorothy Whitlatch. Jack Clark. Harold Beazell. 
Ralph Wick. George Booth. George Hurlbut. Ruth Weiss. David 
Jones. Ruth Bastian. Mildred Hough. Sarah Silverman, Gertrude 
Lentz. Ila Campbell. Charles Kramer. Mary Goldsmith. Russell Stahl- 
man. Ida Stagi. Wilford Gaskill, Byron Knoch. Viola Wilson. Aldin 
Carroll. John Pollock. Manda Boni, James McKean and Olive McKay. 

FIRST PRIZE, $20.00— WINNER, RALPH WICK, '18 

Heads up! Hearts up! Let no man. woman or child, fail in their 
duty to this Liberty Loan. Back up our boys to the limit! This is 
the sentiment that should reign in the heart of every true American. 

America has two armies, one here and the other "over there." 
The army here must do its utmost to develop a spirit of enthusiasm, 
which can be communicated to the boys in the trenches, and there 
is no better way to do this than by buying bonds. The "stay-at- 
homes" must also sacrifice, in order that the boys "over there" may 
win. We already know what the French. Belgians and Russians have 
suffered: and, to prevent such great sacrifices and suffering in Amer- 
ica, our government intends to completely crush this, the most in- 
famous and atrocious plague, that has ever ruled the earth. 

There are two ways by which our government can raise money — 
by taxation and by loans. If taxation had been tried first, we would 
have paid our money, receiving nothing in return. Instead of that, 
our government, actuated solely by a desire to be fair, is trying the 
loan system. Should it fail, taxation will be the inevitable result. 
But. shall it fail Absolutely. Xo! Then the Third Liberty Loan 
must be supported. Our Government does not want our money for 
nothing. On the contrary, it agrees to pay us 4*4 per cent interest, 
which is more than our savings accounts draw. Furthermore, we do 
not have to invest very much. A bond can be purchased for fifty 



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dollars. It is true, fifty dollars will not go far toward winning this 
war; but, little by little, inch by inch, step by step, it means victory. 
We lend our money to bank officials, who use it. Banks often fail, 
but our Government never has, and never will, and there is no better 
place than this strong and conservatively managed government with 
which to deposit your money. 

Our nation is one of the newest in the world, yet, what nation 
has had a more prosperous, or more beautiful existence. In less 
than a century and a half, our three millions of people have increased 
to one hundred and five millions; our thirteen states to forty-eight 
many of them being richer than some of the countries of Europe. 
Shall we stand idly by and see the rights of our nation, and unblem- 
ished "Old Glory," tramped upon? No! A thousand times, No! Then 
we must buy bonds, and buy freely. Any person who calls himself 
an American, who refuses to buy a bond, when he is financially able 
to do so, is a friend of the Kaiser's, and deserves to be treated as such. 

Many of the boys already "over there," all of whom have sacri- 
ficed much in order to show their loyalty to their country, will never 
come back. Hundreds of mothers will soon be wearing black, mourn- 
ing for sons, who, had the few dollars' worth of extra precaution, been 
made possible, might have been saved from becoming a victim to 
German atrocity. It is the hope and purpose of our Government, by 
exercising every means at its disposal, to keep the list of fatalities 
down to the minimum. In order to do so, money must be amply pro- 
vided. Therefore, prove your patriotism by buying Third Liberty 
Bonds. 

There will be a day, not far distant, we hope, when the victorious 
boys will return home, covered with laurels. Every community will 
do its utmost in an endeavor to show the proper respect to our gal- 
lant soldier boys, and what person will not feel more entitled to 
participate in these demonstrations if he or she be the proud possessor 
of one or more badges of patriotism, in the form of Liberty Bonds. 
Therefore, in order to put Charleroi "ovei^the top," for the sake of 
humanity, democracy and our boys "over there," I again beseech 
you to buy a Liberty Bond. 

SECOND PRIZE, $15.00 
WINNER, MISS RUTH SWICKEY, J 19 

The real reason why we must buy Liberty Bonds is, because we 
are at war with the most barbarous foe ever known to mankind. We 
must prosecute this war to a successful conclusion, and, in order to 
do so, our Government must have funds. We can't fight a war with- 
out money, any more than we can fight a war without soldiers. 
Money means food, clothing, ships, aeroplanes, amunition, etc. Lack 
of money means lack of all these things, thus, leaving our boys help- 
less. It is for this reason that the Russian soldiers were sent into 
the trenches, without arms of any sort, to be slaughtered like sheep, 
while waiting to take a gun from the hand of a stricken comrade. 



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Do you want this to happen to American boys? I say, Xo! Emphat- 
ically, Xo! You need never worry about the boys at the front, for, 
if you give them a chance, they will do their part. 

A clear conception of the word "sacrifice" must be had, before 
we can accomplish am-thing. It means a surrender, made in order 
to gain something else. Compared with France, our country does not 
know what sacrifice means! We are asked to forego only useless 
luxuries, as a matter of good business; but the French people are com- 
pelled to go with poor food and old clothing, amid doubled work. 

Ah! France needs no country to plead for her, for every nation, 
outside of German}^, stands united in sympath^^ and praise of the 
patient, determined stand, of that suffering country. 

Remember! Our boys are going to France, and must undergo 
all of these hardships, unless the\^ have food and clothing. Xo soldier 
can go up against a forty-two centimeter gun with bare hands and 
an empty stomach. American soldiers, to-day, are fighting! They 
are fighting, not only for themselves; they are Jighting for you and 
me. and for every man, ^womanlnS child who loves liberty. 

The bo3 7 s in the trenches need our help, and we must supply it 
now. There are reasons, weighty reasons, for carrying on this war 
to a victory for Right; and there are facts to prove that this is a 
fight for world liberty against autocracy. 

The United States Liberty Bond stands alone as the sole invest- 
ment that typifies the survival of the American social order, of Amer- 
ican democracy. Bonds are the world's best investments. They are 
better than a mortgage on a building, land, railroad, etc. Besides all 
this, America, as a security, pledges her faith and honor. 

In other wars, many millions of bonds have been issued, all of 
which have been paid. Even after the Civil War, when our country 
was carrying a much heavier debt, every obligation was honorably 
met. So, if we do our part, promptly and cheerfully, we may end 
this bloody war without giving our all. It is up to us to do our 
utmost. When German}^ realizes that we will spend our last drop of 
blood, and match them, man to man, and dollar to dollar, then, and 
not 'till then, will their morale crumble. 

So, let us individually and collectively 
subscribe for Liberty Bonds, and then the 
world will little note, or long remember, 
what we say here, but it can never forget 
what we have done here. 

THIRD PRIZE. S10.00 — 
WINNER. JOHN POLLOCK. 18 

The Third Liberty Loan should be over- 
subscribed by a wide and noble margin. 
This will be a message deeper than words 
to our enemy. The way Americans of Ger- 
man birth are buying Liberty Bonds is only 

another indication of how mistakes are made johx l. pollock 




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in Berlin. If the friends of Germany entertain the hope that America 
will tire of the war and leave France and England to their fate, the 
oversubscribed loan will say that America is made of nobler stuff, and 
meant, when she said, "Now, and for ever, when to the great cause 
of liberty and freedom and civilization our Great Republic solemnly 
pledged its lives, its fortune, and its sacred honor." 

And this beloved nation of ours, the Great Republic of the West, 
is just " at the beginning of its career. The dream of isolation is at 
an end. We are now to take our part in a new world, which we are 
assisting in the making; a world where law is to be supreme, where 
force shall be only the minister and agent of justice, as expressed 
in law. 

Say! Dont' let us forget the boys who used to go to school 
here! You know who they are! They are "over there," fighting for 
liberty and freedom. While they fight, let us respond to the call, and, 
as the old bell rang out many years ago, let us ring it again! Let 
us answer the Hun, build a golden bridge to the Rhine and crowd 
it with liberating armies, until France is clean again, and Albert may 
go home to heal his mangled realm. 

FOURTH PRIZE, $5.00— WINNER, MISS OLIVE McKAY, '21 

The drive for the Third Liberty Loan of three billion dollars 
began on the sixth of April. The selling campaign will last twenty- 
eight days. The bonds will bear 4*4 per cent interest and mature in 
ten years. 

It is not only a duty to buy these bonds — it is a privilege, and 
we should feel proud if we can in any way, help our fighting forces. 
Our winning this war depends not only on our soldiers in the trenches 
and our sailors on the seas, but on the people here at home, as well. 
Without giving help and support, we cannot expect our boys to defeat 
the barbarous Germans. 

The amount asked for in this loan must be willingly given by the 
American people. If they do not give promptly and unselfishly, it 
will allow the Germans to go on committing crimes more brutal, more 
terrible, than any civilized mind can conceive. 

This is a great and mighty crusade which we have entered. Its 
successful outcome will depend on our giving every ounce of energy 
we possess, and much of the wealth of our country. 

Some of you may say, "Can we be sure of getting our money 
back, and the interest, as promised?" The whole wealth of the United 
States is your security. Has our Government ever yet broken a 
promise it made to the people? No, and it never will. 

Then, perhaps, you will ask, "But what will happen if we are 
defeated in this war?" The United States has never known the word 
"defeat." It is as General Pershing said, "The Germans can be 
beaten, must be beaten, and will be beaten." Of course, it will take 
many sacrifices, much courage and bravery. In the meantime, we 



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must not be over-confident, but send our boys off with a smile and 
a brave "God bless you," and give freely, unselfishly, for our cause. 
It is far, far better to lend our money, than to pay it in taxes, which 
will probably happen, if we do not buy Liberty Bonds. 

This great Government of ours has not entered this war for ter- 
tory, or revenge, or indemnity. YVe want the world made "safe for 
Democracy," and this cannot be until the present government of 
Germany is crushed. 

The patriotic men and women of this generation — the Xathan 
Hales, we might say — exclaim, "I only regret that I have but one 
fortune to give for my country." 'When we do all we can, with our 
money and our securities, then, only then, will our army be invinci- 
ble and victorious, and this war end with a triumph of right and 
liberty. 




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OUR CHARLEROI BOYS WHO HAVE ANSWERED 
THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL IN THE 
GREAT WORLD WAR 



Harvey Adams 
Harve Anderson 
Edgar Anthony 
Martin Anthony 
Joseph Amato 
John Alterice 
Bromislaw Apanasewig 
Alex. Apanasevicz 
August Arrigo 
Harry Arnold 

Lawrence Bailey 
John Barr 
Harry Barton 
Herbert Barthelot 
Victoe Bennedictte 
Francis Bezy 
John Bege 
Joseph Bennet 
Louis Bertram 
Joseph Bontemps 
John Boloshoak 
Bernardo Bova 
Milton Black 
John P. Brown 
Peter B. Brown 
Charles Bromwich 
Walter Bromwich 
William Bromwich 
Joseph Bradshell 
Martin Burgain 
And\' Bunchon 

Jerry Calistri 
Walter S. Cook 
Joseph Cansillo 
Lawrence Cosner 
Charles Ceuciani 
Lee Carson 
George J. Clement 
Frank Clement 
Russell J. Carroll 
Arden Calvert 
John Califfe 



Keith Campbell 
Colombo Callefie 
Roy I. Carson 
Thomas Carroll 
John Carroll 
Joseph Cardinale 
C. B. Callomon 
Harr}- Christener 
Attilio Cicconi 
Thomas Ciczewski 
John Clutter 
Aubrey Clerihue 
Wendell Crable 
Russell W. Crabb 
Ulisse Cruciani 

Enoch Davis 
Harry Davis 
William Donahue 
William V. Davis 
Joseph Dulinsky 
Samuel Diquiau 
Riley Deiterly 
Walter Diamond 
Theodore Decamp 
Henry Decker 
Edward Deiteis 
Clarence Devlin 
Louis Delean 
Jules Delfosse 
Mike Dibinsky 
Gastano Disclafour 
Kostantin Dosna 
Louis Dordain 
Wm. Donovan 
Leonard Doyle 
Kaymier Duda 
Andy Dudick 

Karl W. Elder 
Frank Erbe, Jr. 
Charles Eneix 
James Everly 



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A. N. Fanoni 
Smith S. Frye 
John P. Fabry 
John Fakini 
Strauss Farrell 
Errninio Fannazzie 
Richard Fiedler 
Chas. Fiedler 
Ugo Finini 
Robert A. Fiori 
Glenn Flood 
Ronald Flohr 
John Fucinary 
Frank Franchi 
Charles W. Frew 
Smith Fry 
Faglio Frau 

Paul S. Geohring 
George D. Gabler 
Fremont Gilmore 
Edward Geho 
William Geho 
Stani Gabi 
Thomas L. Given 
Ross Gillingham 
Paul George 
Homer Gobert 
Starri Gadi 
Joseph Gass 
John Gallagher 
Julius Gados 
Chas. Gadosy 
John Gaut 
Carrol Gaut 
James Geekie 
Patrick Gilmore 
Albert Gillingham 
Blanda Gioacchino 
Roland Greenawald 
Indorant Guiseppe 
Esposito Guiseppe 

Oscar Hass 
Joseph Haroski 
Henry Harris 
Louis Hantisse 
Ellsworth Hickey 



Harry T. Harris 
Russell Hormell 
Earl Hott 
George Hersche 
James Hersche 
William Heidyer 
Steve Hega 
John Henrotia 
Calvin Higgins 
Harry Hixon 
Chas Hott 
George Hott 
James Houston 
Andrew Houseman 
George Hudspith 
Jack Hulette 
Harry Hudspith 

Berry Isokewez 

Alex. Jankevitz 
William R. Jennings 
Robert Jack 
Myron Jobes 
Thomas Jeffries 
David Johns 

Joseph Kartzenvitz 
Ignacz Kaudalana 
Ksovery Kelczvski 
William Kromer 
John Kulbacki 
John Kulow 

Beny Losokewsez 
Zuinto Eaotti 
William Eabask 
Frank Larue 
John Lawkogalec 
August Leclerg 
Andrew Lessman 
Michael Lombardo 
Edward Lowstutter 
Henry Lowstutter 
Frank Luhisk 
Frank LeRue 
Lemuel Long 



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Fred Leonard 
Mike Lococo 
John D. Lutes 
Jules LaRue 
Joseph LaRue 
Robert Long 
William Ludwig 
Albert Lutes 

Brooks Makler 
Ralph Malcomb 
John Martinet 
Frank Mangan 
August Mariane 
John Marek 
Thomas Mangan 
Gomer Malick 
Joseph Meashan 
Ettore Melegani 
Paul Micha 
William Middleon 
George Michener 
Seward Might 
Chester McKee 
Eugene Morean 
Angelo Mociuatti 
Joseph Moliuatti 
Dr. Edward McKay 
Frank Malick 
Henry Messier 
Earl Michener 
James McQuaide 
Mike Mino 
Peter Molinatto 
Thomas Mozier 
William Moore 
Frank Myers 
Carl McGuire 

Emmet McCormick 
John McCloskey 
Melford McCann 
Joseph McCann 
David G. McConnell 
Henry McDermott 
William McClurg 

John Xewton 
Paul Nutt 



Andrew Oates 
Fred Ohliger 
John X. O'Xeil 
George W. Osborne 
Michael Orantz 
Bert Osborne 
Francis O'Rourke 

James Palfrey 
Peter Pagani 
Frank Paise 
John Palfrej- 
Raymond Pardiny 
John Pakisk 
Albert Padavoni 
Harry Paulock 
Theodore Parker 
Albert Padrina 
Edwin Patton 
Barne}" Parkosk} T 
Leslie Petrie 
Wesley Peters 
Francis Piersol 
McClelland Phillips 
Lewis Phillips 
Joseph Pierson 
Wilson Piper 
Ed. H. Paluso 
Joseph Piccnotti 
John Phillips 
Willis Phillips 
Robert Phillips 
John Piersol 
John Pilvalis 
Chas. B. Pollock 
Frank Protin 
John Popson 

Alexander Quear 

Karol Rakoski 
Vincenzo Rocco 
Peter Russell 
William Ritchey 
William J. Ritchey 
William R. Ritchey 
John B. G. Roberts 
Arvi M. Robinson 



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David Rock 
Dr. Harry J. Repman 
Jesse Ritchey 
Maurice E. Rulong 
Glen Ramsey 
Karol Rakoski 
Brice Ray 
Harrold Reitz 
John Reilly 
Edward Ritzer 
Hanes Richtor 
Thomas Rosbotton 
Charles Roberts 
Peter Russell 

Alex. Sadousky 
Roy Sharpnack 
Leopold Schwaed 
John SchafTer 
William Sharnack 
John Sharkey 
William Schmalback 
Wasil Siolar 
Isaac Silence 
Harry Stone 
Joseph Stefura 
Thomas Sweeney 
Anthony Sosauko 
John Souell 
Walter L. Stroud 
Rudolph Sechez 
William Schmidt 
Clyde Strauser 
Mitro Stefina 
George Storez 
William Spridik 
John Souell 
John Smith 
George Smith 
Henry Smith 
Harry Swickey 
Samuel Sweeney 
Thomas Sweeney 
John Syedlock 



Dick Trinder 
Robert Trinder 
George Treasure 
John Tchoryke 
Elmer Tomlinson 
Thomas Tomlinson 
Paul Trvnasky 

Joseph Vantz 
John Vezetti 
George Vetter 
Frank Vicella 
John Vexzetti 
Frederick Volante 
Frederick Volante 

Wallace Waddell 
Earl Wagner 
James Welch 
Russell Wilkes 
Homer Whitehead 
James Wagner 
Harrison Watts 
Thomas Watkinson 
Stanley Wazziewicz 
Jeremiah Wakefield 
Leroy Weaver 
Aron Weiss 
Harry Welsh 
Ralph Williamson 
Harry Worthington 
""- Elmer Wolfe 



Francis Yates 
John Yachychak 
Joseph Young 

Bruno Zari 
David Zeidman 
*Mike Zipay 
George Zipay 



* Killed in action July 11th, 1918. 



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TEXT OF PRESIDENT WILSON'S MT. VERNON 
ADDRESS 

July 4th, 1918. 

"Gentlemen of the diplomatic corps and my fellow citizens. I am 
happy to draw apart with you to this quiet place of old counsel in 
order to speak a little of the meaning of this da}- of our nation's 
independence. The place seems very still. It is as serene and un- 
touched by the hurry of the world as it was in those great days long 
ago when General Washington was here and held leisurely conference 
with the men who were to be associated with him in the organization 
of a nation. From these gentle slopes they looked out upon the 
world and saw it whole, saw it with the light of the future upon it, 
saw it with modern eyes that turned away from a past, which men of 
liberated spirits could no longer endure. It is for that reason that we 
cannot feel, even here, in the immediate presence of this sacred tomb, 
that this is a place of death. It was a place of achievement. A great 
promise that was meant fei^ ail mankind was here given plan and 
reality. The associations by which we are here surrounded are the 
inspiriting associations of that noble death which is only a glorious 
consumption. From this green hillside, we also ought to be able to 
see with comprehending eyes the world that lies about us and should 
conceive anew the purposes that must set men free. 

PEOPLE, NOT CLASS. 

"It is significant, significant of their own character and purpose 
of the influences the}' were setting afoot — that Washington and his 
associates, like the barons at Runnymede, spoke and acted, not for a 
class, but for a people. It has been left for us to see to it that it 
shall be understood that they spoke and acted, not for a single people 
only, but for all mankind. They were thinking not of themselves and 
of the material interests which centered in the little group of land- 
holders and merchants and men of affairs with whom they were accus- 
tomed to act, in Virginia and the colonies to the north and the south 
of here, but of a people which wished to be done with classes and 
special interests and the authority of men whom they had not them- 
selves chosen to rule over them. They entertained no private pur- 
pose desired no peculiar privilege. They were consciously planning 
that men of every class should be free and America a place to which 
men out of every section might resort who wished to share with 
them the rights and privileges of free men. And we take our cue 
from them — do we not? We intend what they intended. We here in 
America believe our participation in this present war to be only the 
fruitage of what they planted. Our case differs from theirs only in 
this, that it is our inestimable privilege to concert with men out of 
every nation what shall make not only the liberties of America secure 
but the liberties of every other people as well. We are happy in the 
thought that we are permitted to do what they would have done had 
they been in our place. There must now be settled once for all what 



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was settled for America in the great age upon whose inspiration we 
draw today. This is surely a fitting place from whic.h calmly to look 
out upon our task, that we may fortify our spirits for its accomplish- 
ment. And this is the appropriate place from which to avow, alike 
to the friends who look on and the friends with whom we have the 
happiness to be associated in action. 

STRUGGLE OF PAST. 

"This, then, is our conception of the great struggle in which we 
are engaged. The plot is written plain upon every scene and every 
act of the supreme tragedy. On the one hand stand the peoples of 
the world — not only the peoples actually engaged, but many others 
also who suffer under mastery, but cannot act; peoples of many races 
and in every part tof the world — the people of stricken Russia still 
among the rest, though they are for the moment unorganized and 
helpless. Opposed to them, masters of many armies, stand an isolated, 
friendless group of governments who speak no common purpose, but 
only selfish ambitions of their own by which none can profit but them- 
selves, and whose peoples are fuel in their hands; governments which 
for their people and yet are for the time their sovereign lords, making 
very choice for them and disposing of their lives and fortunes as they 
will, as well as the lives and fortunes of every people who fall under 
their power — governments clothed with the strange trappings and 
the primitive authority of an age that is altogether alien and hostile 
to our own. The past and present are in deadly grapple and the 
peoples of the world are being done to death betwen them. 

THE CONDITIONS. 

"There can be but one issue. The settlement must be final. There 
can be no compromise. No half way decision would be tolerable. 
No half way decision is conceivable. These are the ends for which 
the associated peoples of the world are fighting, and which must be 
conceded them before there can be peace: 

"1. The destruction of every arbitrary power anywhere than can 
separately, secretly and of its single choice disturb the peace of the 
world; or, if it cannot be presently destroyed at the least its reduc- 
tion to virtual impotence. 

"2. The settlement of every question, whether of territory, of 
sovereignity, of economic arrangements or of political relationship 
upon the basis of the free acceptance of that settlement by the people 
immediately concerned and not upon the basis of the material interest 
or advantage of any other nation or people which may desire a dif- 
ferent settlement for the sake of its own exterior influence or mastery. 

"3. The consent of all nations to be governed in their conduct 
towards each other by the same principles of purpose and of respect 
for the common law of civilized society that govern the individual 
citizens of all modern states in their relations with one another; to 

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the end that all promises and covenants may be sacredly observed, no 
private plots or conspiracies hatched, no selfish injuries wrought with 
impunity and a mutual trust established upon the handsome founda- 
tion of a mutual respect for right. 

"4. The establishment of an organization of peace which shall 
make it certain that the combined power of free nations will check 
every invasion of right and serve to make peace and justice the more 
secure by affording a definite tribunal of opinion to which all must 
submit and by which every international readjustment that cannot be 
amicably agreed upon by the peoples directly concerned shall be 
sanctioned. 

"These great objects can be put into a single sentence. What we 
seek is the reign of law based upon the consent of the governed and 
sustained by the organized opinion of mankind. 

"These great ends cannot be achieved by debating and seeking to 
reconcile and accommodate what statesmen may wish with their pro- 
jects for balances of power and of national opportunity. They can 
be realized only by the determination of what the thinking peoples of 
the world desire, with their longing hope for justice and for social 
freedom and opportunity. 

"I can fancy that the air of this place carries the accents of such 
principles with a peculiar kindness. Here we started forces which the 
great nation against which they were primarily directed at first re- 
garded as a revolt against its rightful authority, but which it has long 
since seen to have been a step in the liberation of its own people as 
well as of the people of the United States; and I stand here now to 
speak — speak proudly and with confident hope — of the spread of this 
revolt, this liberation, to the great stage of the world itself. The 
blinded rulers of Prussia have aroused forces they knew little of — 
forces which, once roused, can never be crushed to earth again, for 
they have at their heart an inspiration and a purpose which are death- 
less and of the very stuff of triumph." 



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CHARLEROI "OVER THE TOP" 



Charleroi's quota for the Third Liberty Loan was $453,480. Due 
to the thorough organization and excellent work of every member of 
this committee, Charleroi, as usual, went "Over the Top" in this drive 
receiving the Liberty Loan Flag. 

CHARLEROI'S WAR CHEST. 

Following the example set by a few other cities, Charleroi has 
adopted the plan of the War Chest. According to this plan prac- 
tically the same organization that handled the Liberty Loan so suc- 
cessfully, has elected a board of directors to handle the War Chest 
Fund. Regular monthly subscriptions are made to this fund by every- 
one in the community, unless there is a just cause for exemption. The 
money from this fund is to be distributed equitably among the organ- 
izations that are doing such great and good work for the boys in 
camp and "Over There." The principal ones of these are the Red 
Cross, Y. M. C. A., K. of C, Y. M. H. A., and the Salvation Army. 

Of the work of the Salvation Army in ministering to the boys in 
camp and trench, a very glowing tribute was recently paid by ex-Gov. 
John K. Tener in an address at the time of the organization of the 
War Chest. 



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